Posted by showcrop on October 31, 2017 at 19:07:32 from (73.238.20.26):
In Reply to: Fire Dept. posted by showcrop on October 31, 2017 at 09:53:21:
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No, it was nineteen yesterday.
I see a that major change since I got back on in the number of calls is the number of mutual aid calls. Back in more conservative times chiefs would rarely call for help until they were on scene and saw the need. A few times I would be driving by the scene on the way to the station, or be first on scene and call in a second alarm but that was rare, it was usually the chief. Today, because fewer people volunteer, fire departments are harder pressed to put the needed manpower on the scene, so there are a lot of automatic mutual aid calls that go out with the initial dispatch. This means more manpower, but it also means more burden in calls per year per firefighter. There will always be adrenaline junkies though, and despite motorcycle racing, ski racing, snowmobiling, I could never get my adrenaline fix like I could from being the first guy in on a hose line with the heat and the crackling, and the steam, and zero visibility except for maybe a faint orange glow. There is just nothing else like it.
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