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hahaha thats awsome. I'm a shrimp like you, a whole 5 foot nothing!

I love going into mole holes...I'm good at it. :D I'm 5"6" 138lbs. I could stand to be more flexible though!! :)

It's nice being small and in the fire service.  The guys are lucky to have us around when they need someone small.  We can do things that they can't and it makes them mad.  I'm between 4'11'' and 5', and get asked to do some things that others can't do.  What would they do without us?

bridgeportgirl says ...

It's nice being small and in the fire service.  The guys are lucky to have us around when they need someone small.  We can do things that they can't and it makes them mad.  I'm between 4'11'' and 5', and get asked to do some things that others can't do.  What would they do without us?

I'm also small and I know where your coming from. I'm only an explorer, but i can do things that the guys can't and then they get mad. I think its funny.

 yeah, that's already the case.  It's a good thing I'm not claustrophobic.  It's nice though to be in a special position that the guys have a hard time with.  Most of the guys on my crew are 6'1 or more and not exactly on the lighter side of things if you know what I mean.  (some that is).  Oh well  :)

Sometimes I wish I was smaller.(sometimes)  At 6' 4"  235,  I am not the one for attic rat or confined space detail.  No fear of small spaces though. Just impossibe.

It was good to be small last night at fire school.  We had engineers night, which is when we go over all the trucks and make sure they are ok and everything is working.  I was helping one of the guys go over the Special Service and he needed the time for something, and he couldn't fit into the cabnet enough to see it so he asked me.  all i had to do was poke my head into it and could see it clearly, he was happy that he had me helping him and no one of the other guys.

Angel , yeah it is nice to have you little ones around.  At 6'2' & 150 lbs & a very skinny build sometimes i too can fit into the tight spots.  Remember being in a trailer used for scba training w/drager scba's , was in w/anotheer fire fighter & to get through this one spot , i  was in a full handstand , full turnout gear & scba on . There was no other way for me to get through that spot , should mention that it was pitch black inside there as well.  After pulling off the handstand & working  our way through the maze we did manage to make it all the way through w/no problem. Will never forget that experience , i may not be built like rambo & have skinny arms but it's nice to know i can depend on them when the time comes. Good luck in the mole holes lol.

 I can only imagine being on the other end where you are too tall.  I would hate to do all that overhead work.  That is more difficult to do sometimes than it is to crawl into tight spaces.  Either way, I still love going into the mole holes.  :D

I'm the short one at our fire hall too. At 5 ft nothing I get to crawl into some of the tighter spaces too. Although it has it's drawl backs. We had a drill at the high school and I was asked to climb up on top of the rescue and release the hard tube. Well you should have seen that. There I am in full turnout gear, air-pack and trying to get my leg up high enough to reach the step. My bunkers were getting in the way because it's tough to find turnout gear to fit such a small person. Let's just say I didn't give up and I was up there and had it handed down in record time.  Short or tall the job still needs done.

great story see some men really dont think that women know what there doing and goes to show that we are all equal and do things justa as good if not better some times. you go girl!!!