Best position at a job?

[E229Lt]

Does anyone out there believe there can be a better position at a good job than to be the first due nozzleman?

I know some of you are already thinking, "making a grab", but I'm talking about a given position:

ROOF, NOZZLE, OVM, DRIVER, IC...etc

And for all you truckies out there, don't knock the knob. If you didn't like it, you wouldn't spend so much time trying to trick the Johnnies in to giving it to you.

[mongofire_99]

For me, first due nozzleperson (politically correct, remember?) is tied with first due company officer.

[FFShooty]

I'll go with Mongo....if not on the knob at a worker...then riding the seat as first due officer. Hard to top those two slots.

[FFD3098]

I would have to go with being the first-in nozzleman. A close second would be with the rescue company doing the primary searches.

[Neptune 33]

I think that being the Chauffer/MPO is one of the best jobs, not the most glamorous, but that person is responsible for getting the apparatus to the scene safetly, and is in charge of making sure the nozzle person has the water when they need to do their job. So, without the MPO doing their job correctly, you'd never get to the fire, and never get your water to do your job.

[jmichael]

All positions. No particular one is better for me than the others.

[ntvilleff]

If not on the first nozzle, then I get a kick out of flying the bucket. Also you get more chances to make the paper flying

[ 07-02-2001: Message edited by: ntvilleff ]

[MB1213635]

I like riding the bar (forcible entry) on the first due truck company myself. Riding as the first due nozzleman is fun, but I like the truck better.

[FireCapt1951retired]

1st- Pipeman( give me the pipe and leave me alone).
2nd- 1st in Engine Officer
3rd- Tillerman/Ventilation
4th- Being just a plain old grunt.

[PAVolunteer]

I'm w/ MB ... inside team on the truck is my spot. It's great when the engine and truck respond together and the S&R team from the truck and the line team from the engine can work together.

Stay Safe

[eCappy]

Without a doubt - first due nozzleman because that's the only job I've seen my firefighters fight each other for.

[mamaluke]

OVM or roofman, then nozzleman

[Lewiston2FF]

I'm with mongo on this one. I either wanna be on the knob or first in engine officer. After that SAR then Roof.

[ 07-03-2001: Message edited by: Lewiston2Capt ]

[rescue2bob]

when i was a probie i thought that the nob was the job,then i spent 10 years in a busy truck and thought that the irons (f/e)was the place to be,but now i really know that being the rescue chauf is all i ever wanted to do(youth is wasted on the young i guess). as for being an officer i guess i will never know about that.

[FF.1205]

Nope... First in Pipeman