Much thanks to the fire fighters!!!!

[seaboy4hire]

This morning shortly before 4 am I was rip from the beginning of a nice deep sleep to the sound of alarms going off in my building. I freaked I didn't know what was going on. In a panic to make the alarm go off I ripped the smoke detector from the ceiling but the whining of the alarm continued. Here I was buck ass naked running around my apt and didn't know what the fuck to do. I was in a server panic and didn't help I was disorientated from being startled awake. After hearing people in the hallway I realized what exactly was going on. Grabbed my jammie bottoms and a t-shirt and bolted for the door and flew down the back stairs meeting up with some of the other folk in the building in our parking lot checking each other out making sure everyone was alright. After doing so we moved down the ramp to the front of the building to find that the loading dock to the grocery store at street level was engulfed in smoke. After the smoke cleared a bit it was apparent that someone had started the bails of card board on fire. Luckily the fire didn't turn into something life threatening to those of us who live in the building and the brave fire fighters. A part of me has always been thankful to those who put their lives on the line but a bigger part of me has also taken it for granted, ya know the oh it will never happen to me stuff. Well now I can say that 110+% of me is very great full to the men and woman who put their lives on the line in the fire depts around the country and world. Thank you very very very very very very much for everything that y'all do! This time around it was just a small fire but next time it could be something more. Again if any of you know a fire fighter please let them know that there is at least one person who truly and deeply appreciates what they do. You can bet when the fire fighters who came to my building this morning come through my check out line at the grocery store they will get a HUGE thank you for what they did.

 

Hugs,

Greg

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[+ Hoover42]

Good for you responding to the alarm immediately and running out of the building.

 

You'd be surpised at how people sometimes respond to these building alarms.

 

The fire alarm goes off in my condo building at least once a year (usually at 4am in the morning) and only me and a few other people ever bother to walk downstairs.

 

So far, knock on wood, they've always been false alarms...

 

...Hoover

[Knight911]

Hi Greg,

 

I am glad that it was nothing serious that tore you out of your apartment so early in the morning. I have a little experience in dealing with situations such as yours. I am currently a volunteer Firefighter, and have been for over 27 years (I started at age 16). I also worked for almost 12 years as a city Paramedic here on the east coast, and although don't work at it full-time anymore I still keep my license active. Full-time I am a Police Officer, and night shift supervisor. I certainly appreciate your heartfelt thanks. In my current job I almost never hear that anymore. No one likes a cop when we pull you over or come knocking on your door at all hours. (I knew I should have taken the OTHER test 8 years ago LOL :9)

 

I guess I am just one of those nutcases who runs in when everyone else runs out. It is the only thing I know how to do, and the only job(s) I have ever thought of doing. I cannot think of a better way to serve my community than to try to protect life, and property.

 

On several occasions over my long career in the emergency services a person has stopped me in the street after recognising me as having been at the scene when they experienced a problem. A couple of those occasions have been very moving. It is very gratifying to know that you made a difference in someones life.

 

Again, I am glad to see that your experience did not involve a significant loss of property and that no one was hurt. My suggestion is to find out where the closest firehouse to you is located, and write a letter expressing how you feel, about the professionalism of the responding firefighters, etc.. For the fire officer in charge of that scene it is an affirmation that they all are doing it right.

 

Thanks for your kind words,

 

Bill- Knight911

[+ Lucky]

This only underscores the need to sleep in pajamas, and clean ones at that. Get the fireproof kind just to be extra safe.

[KMEM]

I also agree, good for you to run out of the building. Condos, apartments and hotels sometimes have a lot of false alarms but how many times does it have to be real before you are "involved"? Meaning dead or injured.

 

Firemen and policemen are wonderful public servants. I applaud their efforts and philosophy. The firemen in NYC who responded to 911 probably can never be praised enough.

 

However, (isn't there always a however?) there are always at least two sides to every situation. I had a house fire several years ago. The firemen did their duty and prevented it from spreading, thereby protecting the neighborhood. But, my house was totally destroyed and all the contents also. Not, by the fire, but by the actions of the firemen. Water doesn't do any thing good for your book collection or your family pictures or, and especially, for any electronic devices, to include your TV, your stereo, your DVD, etc., etc.

 

Again, not to denigrate the good will and purposes of those public servants, but to lend just a little bit of reality to the situation.

 

Best regards,

KMEM

[edjames]

Glad to hear you are safe.

 

I am visiting Florida at the moment and for most of the past week heavy smoke and haze has engulfed most of the state. Wildfires are burning on the Georgia border and drought and unusual north-south winds have pushed heavy smoke over much of this state, as far south as Miami. There have been airport delays at most major airports. Yesterday, here in the Tampa area, it looked like a heavy fog had settled in. You could not see the traffic lights on the local streets. News reports told people to stay indoors and close windows. Breathing was close to impossible.

 

There are similar fires raging throughout the US due to drought and other conditoins. I felt truly sorry for the folks on Catalina island out on the West Coast.

 

Pray for rain!

 

ED

[Guest zipperzone]

I don't mean to sound flip - I was glad to hear everybody was OK - but I couldn't help wondering how it would have gone if your jammie bottoms were not at hand (I don't even own any) and you had to run for your life in just a T shirt. Or if the firemen were using hoses and got your jammie bottoms all well and clingy.

 

Could make a good porn plot.

[Justice]

>Good for you responding to the alarm immediately and running

>out of the building.

>

>You'd be surpised at how people sometimes respond to these

>building alarms.

>

>The fire alarm goes off in my condo building at least once a

>year (usually at 4am in the morning) and only me and a few

>other people ever bother to walk downstairs.

>

>So far, knock on wood, they've always been false alarms...

>

>...Hoover

 

I went through a fire when I was a kid. I've had a healthy respect for them ever since.

 

If you live in a high rise, the stairs can actually become death traps during a fire.

 

I live in a highrise; the fire alarms are ALWAYS going off. When I first moved in, I left no matter the time of day or the weather. Then one day the garbage chute caught on fire. (They think that someone emptied an ashtray that still had a lit cigarette.) The fire alarms went off. You could both smell and see the smoke. As I mentioned, I lived through a fire when I was a kid, so my first instinct was to leave. The stairs filled with smoke before I got very far. I pulled up my shirt and held it over my nose and mouth, but it was still very difficult to breathe. I was choking by the time I reached the lobby and the street. The tenants' association later scheduled a meeting with the fire department. Their instructions: Leave if the fire is on your floor or directly below you. Otherwise, stay in your apartment and await instructions from the fire department. You can put wet towels in front of the door to block the smoke.

 

Several years after my experience, several people died in the stairway of a highrise that filled with smoke from a fire that started in the apartment where the family of Macaulay Culkin was living at the time: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00E3DE1E3CF937A15751C1A96E958260. So if you live in a highrise, ask your local fire department for instructions on how to proceed in the event of a fire.

 

Justice

[Luv2play]

Au contraire. I would be the first to offer help to a naked young hunk fleeing from a fire in his apartment building. And I would insist he come back to my place for some clothing and a place to sleep for the night! }(

[+ deej]

There was a gratifying story on the local news yesterday. It was the annual "Fireman appreciation day" when all the local firehouses open their doors for visits from the neighbors.

 

They had cameras at the firehouse nearest the recent Griffith Park fire. You can probably imagine the huge turnout in THAT neighborhood! It really was gratifying seeing the grateful expressions of thanks.

 

The fireman they interviewed and showed greeting people was a looker too. I sure was appreciating him! :9

[Guest ReturnOfS]

I remember living in a high rise dormitory in college and the alarm would go off 3 times a month.

 

You get tired of walking down 19 flights of stairs for nothing after a while.

[+ purplekow]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?search=&mode=related&v=nJtAUr427Us

 

This might add to your appreciation of firemen.

[seaboy4hire]

>I don't mean to sound flip - I was glad to hear everybody was

>OK - but I couldn't help wondering how it would have gone if

>your jammie bottoms were not at hand (I don't even own any)

>and you had to run for your life in just a T shirt. Or if the

>firemen were using hoses and got your jammie bottoms all well

>and clingy.

>

>Could make a good porn plot.

 

Seeing most of the fire men that come through my store ( I live and work by the fire house) I would not object if they got my jammie bottoms all wet }( But thank you everyone who's emailed me and who've replied to the thread. Lets me know I am in some good company :*

 

Hugs,

Greg

 

 

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