The house was likely already on piers and had a crawlspace. If the whole house was on a slab this wouldn't really be possible.

Having been a lumberjack this resonates with me.

You can never fully relax and let it become routine.

That's very good to know, thank you.

Aww man I'm never gonna be an accomplished sailor.

Film or digital?

Lose and loose.

Lose means you lost.

Loose means your mom.

Also tax brackets.

Sometimes the algorithm sends what is generically liked by what it thinks is your demographic.

Call 911 while grabbing your fire extinguisher. Put the fire out, and tell 911 your fire is out. When the fire department arrives tell them your fire is out and show them where it was. They can use a thermal imaging camera to see if any fire got into your walls, a gas monitor to see is there's a dangerous amount of CO in your house, and they can use a powerful fan to push smoke out of your house. Smoke lingering can also damage your house so getting it out sooner is better.

They will be like wow nice work. How else can we help you?

If you try putting it out and can't then they are already 3 minutes closer and will be absolutely thrilled to fight an actual fire and save your house.

Stop consenting! It's ruining my data set!

One of my new firefighters texted me about a work email about a policy change, when we were both off duty. I told him that it also took me a while to learn to be off work when I was off work. I'll worry about it at 08:00 when we're being paid.

Well, what if your wife goes missing in the ocean? How else do you expect to thoroughly search for her for the rest of your life?

Welcome to Costco I love you.

Probie firefighter + medic.

Georgia has a low cost of living.

When I was a Captain in rural Arizona I was making about $56k

Just moved to South of Richmond VA and I'm making $68k as a probie.

How long have you been with your department?

He knows, but this is probably one of the more healthy ways to deal with grief. Diving is good exercise, an enjoyable hobby, and an important skill.

This is such a young man's question. It also gets asked regularly.

We don't listen to heavy metal to get all amped up for a fire. We're already amped up and need to relax, find our zen and listen intently to the radio communications on the way there.

There's no song on earth that can get me more excited for a fire than I already am. There's also no song more important than knowing what's happening at the incident we are responding to.

For long responses to run or the mill medical calls we typically listen to country.

We rock out at 3 am on the way back from a call so no one falls asleep.

Can Joe Biden assassinate the supreme Court?

It's great in a lot of ways. I spend more time with my kids than most dads. I'm also gone a lot. I also enjoy having time to myself while kids are at school.

Well look at Mr big brain over here!

I don't think comparing things to Idiocracy makes you sound smart. Just slightly able to see parallels in current events and a silly movie.

1984 probably means you read a book at some point.

She's asking her friends when to send good morning texts and they're all like, never unless he sends one first!

Are Hentai games an infinite money glitch?

It can happen especially when some guys have been around forever and then new guys come and go.

Also in a volunteer department you need lots of officers because there's typically fewer staff and a limited number of them respond to calls. You need to have an officer on a fire, and ideally you have an officer with each crew.