Comments on: The day I didn’t die – Firefighter Close Calls

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:57:00 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:28:00 +0000

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By: epijunky

epijunky — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:34:52 +0000

I'm without words.

I'm not on the fire side, although I've been giving it some serious thought lately. So many of my close friends are.

Reading this shook me.

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By: chiefreason

chiefreason — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:22:55 +0000

It doesn't get much closer than that.
I had a couple of tactical questions, but hell, I'm just glad that you were able to escape to fight another day.
But personally, after all of the hugs and such, I think I would have put my boot up a certain someone's sit down place.
Thanks for re-living your experience for us.

By: chiefreason

chiefreason — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:22:55 +0000

By: chiefreason

chiefreason — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:22:55 +0000

By: Ckemtp

Ckemtp — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:00:55 +0000

I wasn't perfect on this scene. Looking back, there's probably a ton of things I could have done differently that wouldn't have landed me in such hot water. I did in fact know that there was an exterior basement door, because I did the exterior 360. I had shouldered the door originally and found the smoke banked to the floor. It immediately sucked up once I opened the door, making me think the fire was on the first floor. It was, kinda.

I knew that there was an exterior door… but I knew that the other engine company didn't know. My partner had called to them from it and gotten them out that way.