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Posted: 2/20/2021 11:09:59 AM EST
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Parkour!
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Posted: 2/20/2021 11:11:31 AM EST
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Original post nailed it...
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Posted: 2/20/2021 11:13:08 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Glad he's OK, but I was expecting a skyscraper, not a two-story. He could have just hung from the gutter and dropped to the ground just as easily. The roof is like a 3rd story. He jumped down to the balcony of a 2 story. |
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Posted: 2/20/2021 11:58:48 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How did you come up with that distance? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Good thing the buildings are only 3 ft away from each other How did you come up with that distance? Pixel conversion |
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Posted: 2/20/2021 12:00:02 PM EST
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I never understood the left coast mentality of cutting EVERY roof. The Fresno incident is a perfect example. It was plainly obvious that there was horrific fire conditions in that garage. Why not just cut open the double wide garage door instead? But I digress....
No doubt this guy will enjoy several months of jokes around this incident. Key being that he can enjoy them while sitting at the kitchen table and not a hospital bed. |
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Posted: 2/20/2021 1:26:48 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We know. I’m just wondering wearing I can get this lighter gear when I am on the ladder truck instead of the engine. God, what I would give to have my 3/4 boots and original Scott 4.5 back. My nephew graduated from the Chicago Firefighter Academy last May. Before he graduated, he was told that based on his individual skills, he would be assigned to a truck, other guys had skills better suited for engine companies. Everyone is individually fitted for turnout gear, like buying a suit. $3500 a set. Currently on Truck 33 in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side. When I said truck guys turnout gear is lighter, in Chicago it is, based on fire insulation. A better way of saying it would have been engine guys have heavier fire insulation, because that's their main roll, fire suppression. In most towns and cities, firefighters do it all. Engine, truck, ambulance if they're EMT or paramedic. In big cities like Chicago there's no rotation. Engine guys are engine guys, truck guys are truck guys. So yes, other than large cities, all turnout gear is the same. More cost effective too. Large cities, like Chicago, don't rotate crews. Engine guys man engines, trcuck guys man trucks. |
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Posted: 2/20/2021 7:48:38 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My nephew graduated from the Chicago Firefighter Academy last May. Before he graduated, he was told that based on his individual skills, he would be assigned to a truck, other guys had skills better suited for engine companies. Everyone is individually fitted for turnout gear, like buying a suit. $3500 a set. Currently on Truck 33 in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side. When I said truck guys turnout gear is lighter, in Chicago it is, based on fire insulation. A better way of saying it would have been engine guys have heavier fire insulation, because that's their main roll, fire suppression. In most towns and cities, firefighters do it all. Engine, truck, ambulance if they're EMT or paramedic. In big cities like Chicago there's no rotation. Engine guys are engine guys, truck guys are truck guys. So yes, other than large cities, all turnout gear is the same. More cost effective too. Large cities, like Chicago, don't rotate crews. Engine guys man engines, trcuck guys man trucks. This cant be right turnout gear is all the same, so depending on the manning if you are up for a detail it could be to an engines or a truck (based on furloughs and who is layed up ). Candidates they keep in their assigned house for 6mos or a year I cant remember which. But you can cross the floor to a different rig on your first day. The gear is the same. If you are assigned to the truck they assign you an axe that's the only difference. |
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Posted: 2/22/2021 9:12:15 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My nephew graduated from the Chicago Firefighter Academy last May. Before he graduated, he was told that based on his individual skills, he would be assigned to a truck, other guys had skills better suited for engine companies. Everyone is individually fitted for turnout gear, like buying a suit. $3500 a set. Currently on Truck 33 in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side. When I said truck guys turnout gear is lighter, in Chicago it is, based on fire insulation. A better way of saying it would have been engine guys have heavier fire insulation, because that's their main roll, fire suppression. In most towns and cities, firefighters do it all. Engine, truck, ambulance if they're EMT or paramedic. In big cities like Chicago there's no rotation. Engine guys are engine guys, truck guys are truck guys. So yes, other than large cities, all turnout gear is the same. More cost effective too. Large cities, like Chicago, don't rotate crews. Engine guys man engines, trcuck guys man trucks. |
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