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 Hmmmm... maybe responding to a errr....ummm... strip joint (gentleman's club, *i**ie bar...) on fire when I was with SNCFD back in the early '90s.  

Fire started in the sign out front, spread into attic.  First in department arrives with light smoke/ no fire showing and goes inside to investigate.  Within just a few minutes, it flashes in the attic and blows out the hanging ceiling.  Two firefighters went to the hospital with burns.

That and there were half-naked women running around the parking lot. ;-)

That would be exciting to go to a gentlemen's club for a fire call.  Do not have one of those around me.

I do not have any exciting calls.  We should have discussed the boring ones.  I am sure we have all had them.

Firetec, I really do not have exciting to talk about.  I have some weird calls I guess or at least tiresome ones.  There was one fire back in January this year that was a mutual aid call to a nearby town for a barn fire.  I guess it was fully engulfed and there was animals trapped, cows to be exact.  When we got on scene, part of the building collasped so it made it tough to get the cows out.  We managed to help save all the cows but one that was trapped underneath a burning part of the roof.  Nothing is worse then a cow screaming in pain.  It was sad but there was nothing we could do to get to it.  Then of course, you get the nasty smell afterwards and the jokes.  I guess people were asking how we wanted our beef cooked.  I guess through the trauma, they just try to remain light hearted as we worked the fire.  Nothing like trying to pull tin roofing out of the way to get to the fire.  It was a long day and only four members from our department was there.  I do not think it was all that exciting.  I guess I look at the fact that it was a job to do.  We did it and I feel proud to have been there that day.  Any more on mutual aid call we are asked to set up a fill site for mutual aid calls.  That is boring but a very integral part of the job.

every call for me is exciting.  even those pesky alarm systems.  i still feel like a little kid inside when the pager trips and the station siren sounds.  i remember when i was a kid,  i used to live a block away from the firehouse i used to belong to.  my friend and i would ride our bikes and be the first ones there to watch the trucks go racing out.  while the bike days are over...lol,  i am now the one who gets to ride the seat alot of times and play with those sirens.  it's tradition in my family.  i take great pride in being able to help those in need in times of crisis.  it bothers me that some are out there for self promotion and political reasons.  they forget what it's really about. 

p.s.- greg, thanks for the invite