黛安·费尔德曼（Diane Feldman）
淋浴解脱
纽约格林维尔：根据理查德·布鲁诺（Richard Bruno）上尉的说法，该部门有一天晚上接到电话：“被困在淋浴中的孩子。”成员以150的发动机做出了回应。到达后，他们发现两个10岁的女孩被困在淋浴单元中。淋浴是一个沉重的无框玻璃单元，已经从轨道上脱颖而出。在场的女孩的父母害怕试图解开该单位，因为担心它会落在他们身上或折断他们（由5/8英寸厚的玻璃制成）。布鲁诺上尉说：“我们变得更像是服务部门，而不是消防部门。”他们拆开了该单元，并将女孩从淋浴单元中解救出来。Bruno随后嘲笑成员，他将提名他们获得救援奖！
早晨战斗开始一天
At one FDIC Hands-On Training class, a morning fight is a daily tradition. According to the lead instructor, “We figure that we spend so much time together during the day that we’re bound to tick each other off, so we fight in the morning and get it out of the way.” Now these guys are brothers—some are even real brothers–and working closely together can cause tempers to flare on occasion, so the fight is a way to release pent-up energy before the students arrive. The results can range from cuts and scrapes to a black eye. “It’s fun to watch—it’s like something out of WWF,” one entertained spectator said.
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Left behind
A few years ago, a fire photographer was buffing with FDNY’s Rescue 2 in a rather bad part of Brooklyn, New York, late one night. He got off the rig at a call to take some photos. He soon got caught up in the incident and didn’t notice until it was too late that the rescue left to go on another call and left him behind! Luckily, he found another unit that was also going on to the second call and hitched a ride. When he got to the next location, he saw the members of Rescue 2. “Oh yeah, I guess we forgot you,” one member said. After that, he stuck to them like glue for every incident the rest of the tour.
What would you do if your clothes were on fire?
来自汤姆·基斯基（Tom Kiurski）：作为利沃尼亚（MI）消防和救援的消防员，我的工作职责之一是向社区与小组讨论消防安全。一个下午，我去和一个大约25个孩子的学龄前小组交谈。学龄前小组是我们最受欢迎的团体之一，因此在消防服务中20年后，这些演讲对我来说几乎是“自动”的。
While I usually refrain from calling on preschoolers during the presentation, I do welcome some input when I ask some fairly simple questions, such as the emergency telephone number to call or for fire safety behaviors they usually know.
当我问小组时，如果他们的衣服着火了，他们会怎么做，我几乎看到每只手都在上升。我期望答案“停止，掉落和滚动”，然后我会演示并给他们练习的机会。但是，当我打电话给其中一个男孩时，我无法控制地笑。他对我的问题的回答，如果他的衣服着火了？“我不会戴上它们！”
视频“拍摄”具有全新的含义
当Yenta为他的设备视频拍摄比尔·彼得斯（Bill Peters）的演讲零件时，我选择了新泽西州河谷的漂亮，安静，偏远的位置。在拍摄过程中，我们已经改变了消防局的位置，因为过于敏感的麦克风从某些直线电线中嗡嗡作响。
在当天的第二次消防局中，当我们突然听到远处的枪声时，情况进展顺利。我们挑选电影的星期日恰好是该县一年一度的土耳其在附近的小镇拍摄的那天，可以听到几英里的镜头。新泽西城市地区的设备主管比尔·彼得斯（Bill Peters）评论说：“如果我想在后台枪声，我可能会留在工作。”
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Yenta黛安·费尔德曼,21年PennWell集团的老兵。, is executive editor of Fire Engineering and conference director of FDIC. She has a B.A. in English communications. She has been a yenta (look it up) for most of her life. If you have a story for the Yenta, e-maildianef@pennwell.com。
