By Diane Feldman, Managing Editor
Another convertible story
In reference to “A convertible-just what I always wanted!” in the 11/15/02 Fire Yenta column, Ron Shaw from Extrication.com writes: “The exact same incident occurred recently in the Framingham (MA) Fire Department. I know it happens, and I have been at two vehicle-cutting drills where it did happen. The troops love new cars! The best way to avoid cutting up the wrong car by mistake is to have the prop vehicle provider spray-paint the windshield or body of the vehicle that is to be used for the drill.”
Be careful what you wish for
Seen at an extremely difficult vehicle extrication/victim entrapment in northern New Jersey: The car involved, which was upside down, had a vanity plate holder that said, “Hit me, I need the money.”
Divorce over food containers
There is a divorce phenomenon sweeping the fire service-caused by unreturned plastic leftover food containers! According to a friend and battalion chief in the Virginia Beach (VA) Fire Department, this is what happens: The spouse packs up leftovers from dinner for the firefighter to take to the station the next day. The firefighter forgets to bring the empty containers home.
“It is a matter of being disrespectful to the spouse,” explains the battalion chief. “Just open the kitchen cabinets in any fire station-you will see tons of mismatched plastic food containers.”
然后有人在塑料食品容器company-probably a person who has been divorced six or seven times-invented the throwaway plastic leftover food containers. Did that solve the problem? No. The spouse perceives that throwing them away is also disrespectful! More divorces!
Don’t touch that lever!
一个志愿者department in northern New Jersey had yet another full department response for an activated alarm in a local hotel. This hotel had been the source of numerous false alarms in the past, so the chief thought he’d heard every excuse for the alarm activation-until now.
Personnel walked up to the 10th floor, where they were met by a foreign tourist near the elevator, who said in extremely broken English: “I’m sorry. I pulled down the alarm thinking it said, ‘Pull down for elevator.’ “
Radioactive hose
Here’s an interesting ad from the November 1939 issue of Fire Engineering: “Now Is The time To Get … Mildew-, Rot-, Freeze-Proof Manhattan Radio-Active Treated Fire Hose”–manufactured solely by the Manhattan Rubber Mfg. Division of Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. (surprisingly, they’re out of business today!).
Diane Feldman is a 13-year veteran of188金宝搏是正规吗; she has spent the past 12 years as managing editor. She has a B.A. in English/communications. Previously she was an editor at the American Management Association in New York City.
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