Our fire department hosted a drive-through Hallowe’en.
Costumes were involved, for those who needed them.
How I spent my full moon Hallowe’en
Fire dogs
Missed a fire call because the cats knocked the pager’s power supply brick from the wall.
I only heard the NEXT one because I was outside walking the dog and I heard the siren.
This is why you see fire dogs and not fire cats.
Firefighter math
If you get to bed after 3:00 a.m. because you were out on a structure fire, and you need eight hours sleep, and there is a call at 10:37 a.m. the next morning, you get up and respond to it because somebody’s got to…
#ThreePlusEightPlusACallAt1037DoesNotEqualEleven
Fire department emergency pager
There was absolutely nothing wrong with the way that I was sleeping such that the addition of a pager going off with the dispatch of a rescue call would be an improvement.
No. No, they don’t
2:56 a.m., and three of the last four ads on TV started with”We know why you’re awake!”
One of them thinks I need a reasonably priced funeral home.
One of them thinks I need to buy a Chevy.
One of them thinks I need a sleep study.
Bzzz! None of the above. I just got home from responding to a mutual-aid fire call.
I think I like my version best.
Ode to a Smoke Detector
Ode to a Smoke Detector
Once as I lay soundly sleeping
Came a sound so gently beeping
From the unknown, it kept creeping
Creeping from beneath the floor.
“Hark!” said I, as I did wake,
And in fear did start to shake,
“Silence now, for goodness’ sake!”
This I did the sound implore.
Still the sound went unabated
As I lay in bed and waited
For a sound it seemed was fated
To continue evermore…