You can tell your a firefighter when

[David]

You can tell you are a firefighter when
 
Anonymous writes
 
"You can tell what type of fire it is by the smell of smoke 10 miles away.

You have ever had a heated debate over the color of fire trucks.

You have ever spent 10 min trying to force open a door only to have someone come along and open it by turning the handle.

You lay out your clothes from that day so if there is a call at night you can find them quickly.

You take great joy in smashing the windows of a car parked in a fire zone or in front of a hydrant.

You have ever slept in a hose bed.

You carry a ton of specially modified tools in your pocket.

You have ever said, "she's hot tonight" and not been talking about a girl.

You have ever had "yoda ears"

You have ever smoked and there wasn't a cigarette in sight.

You have ever stomped out a fire with your boots because you couldn't wait for water.

You have ever walked 3 miles into the woods in 100 degree heat in full turnout gear and a 5 gal or more water can strapped on your back just to put out a fire.

Your kids are afraid to get into water fights with you.

Your work gear makes you sound like Darth Vader.

You roll around in anything that just burned to make your new gear look old.

You take pride in the fact that you haven't washed your gear in years.

Your own vehicle has more lights than a Christmas tree.

All the shirts you own say you are a firefighter.

If a great stop has nothing to do with a moving vehicle.

The microwave goes off and you run out of the house thinking it was your pager.

If you have ever woken up thinking your pager went off and as you look at it, it goes off.

You know you're a firefighter when you really think that rusty old hydrant looks good in the garden.

If your wife voluntarily chooses the lumpy side of the bed to avoid being trampled in route to a call!

If you had to extricate someone by cutting the car doors off on one side and realized there was nothing wrong with the doors on the other side.

When you take all of your important stuff out of your pockets before going to a training involving a porta tank. "
 

[Blue]

If you have ever woken up thinking your pager went off and as you look at it, it goes off.

That's so true! 
Freaky 

[RescueHazmat]

They are on here somewhere.. - always have a smile when I read them though..

Another was .. "You know your a firefighter when you back your car in the driveway at night with shorts, shirt and shoes at the front door."

[Robert-Robert34]

Heres another one.... you can tell your a firefighter when you respond down the fire shed for a call out only wearing boxer shorts and a t-shirt 

Needless to say im not the only one on here who has done that before 

 

[Robert-Robert34]

Whoops me and my big mouth 

[SA Firey]

....the newbies play with their pager and have info message as Tone 7 and wonder why noone else has turned up

[Zippy]

*puts my hand up to that*...for probably the first month after doin my BFF1

[mattthefirey]

Heres another one.... you can tell your a firefighter when you respond down the fire shed for a call out only wearing boxer shorts and a t-shirt 

Needless to say im not the only one on here who has done that before 

 

you not the only one there are a few in our brigade too

[Robert-Robert34]

I couldnt help it once that pager sounds you gotta answer the call of duty 

[uniden]

Usually the call of nature comes first, when you are woken up in the early hours..lol