Fireground Sayings

[patrickharper]

"When the ladders go up, the building comes down"

The best tool on the fireground is common sense"

"CHAOS means 'Chief has arrived onscene'"

What are some other sayings out there.

[AVFR452]

"What you do in the first five minutes determines what you do for the next five hours"

[cpr4u]

Oh SH*T!
Dammit
FUBAR

[RxFire]

For non-fuctioning equipment - T!ts up (pc version - Tango uniform)

[Michelle Latham]

"Michelle!!!! Where is your helmet???"

[capt 49-4]

What starts bad. Stays bad.

[pokeyfd12]

"It's only an automatic alarm, probably a malfunction again."

"Is that smoke or steam?"

"When in doubt, get the f-out."

[pfr172]

oops....
sh*t happens
"you remembered to do a primary search didn't you?"
Where's the fire?

[Brian Dunlap]

"We're now receiving reports of Smoke in the Building.....We're filling the Box"

"John Wayne Time....We're on our own"

"R E T R E A T !!!!!!!"

[SFDE12]

A few I like our,

"Good judgement comes from experience, and experience while I got that with a lot of bad judgement."

"When in doubt, lay in!"

"If you can't lick it, stick it!"

" Holy sh*t! Some one actually pulled a street box for a fire."

[Engine58]

"ohhhh thats gonna ruin your weekend"

"umm hey guys I dont think thats supposed to look like that"

MY #1 ABSOLUTE FAVORITE SAYING BY A CIVILIAN WHEN OPERATING AT A STRUCTURE FIRE

" HEY WHATS GOING ON HERE?" My answer.. Someone flooded there basement

[911WACKER]

"has anyone seen the chief lately?"

"glad this isn't our fire, thats way to much hose to pick up"

[firefighter26]

"I can't believe you called us for this!"
- when we actually had to rescue a cat..

"How did you manage to do that?"
- asking someone who put a nail into their knee cap

"Hello, my name is Rob and I will be your rescuer this evening."
- My captains way of breaking the ice...

"Base, we are at and there is nothing here, be advised we will continue to look."
- Because half of our calls are not where dispatch tells us they are.

and one that we have all heard at least once...

"You, probie, your on traffic."

[toneloc177]

' smoke from the shower set it off, all unit's are up '

'first due with a full crew'

'if you were in a photo, you weren't on the first due rig'

'that's ok chief, we got it'

'even if I had gotten a good nights sleep, had eaten my wheaties this morning, and my cape wasn't in the cleaners, i still wouldn't stay tonight' - when faced w/ a mandation by a clueless EMS Lt.

'SO?'

'. . . insurance will pay for that, right chief?'

[firecat1524]

"no Ma'am, this isn't an accident...we are parking cars in trees on this dirt road. Since someone has parked in the oak tree...please park yours in the cedar right down from it."
to the lady who kept driving by a MVA scene one afternoon. On the 5th pass she asked if there was a wreck.