Initial size up described conditions with “turbulent smoke”…

This happened to me today.

Pictures from the big fire in Georgia

Can someone explain work/rest cycles to this Battalion Chief???

Photo Credit: Ottawa Fire Services Instagram, April 12, 2025.

Tone dropped at 4:39 am.

I’m all for the fun and games, but bringing SCBAs into the kitchen? Nah. We all know these things can only get so clean.

Shame they left their windows open

Looks cool tho

He worked for the San Francisco fire department in the early 1900s, thought it was cool enough to share

Credit to nine1fun on instagram, thought it was funny and wanted to share

I was just perusing other departments in my state and came across this oddity. Has anybody seen a truck like this? Im assuming a firefighter rides in the back-back?

I mentioned it in another post and somebody asked to see it, so here it is.

Big enough for our 2 trucks, our gear, a couple tiny washrooms, office for the chief, and a table for our meetings. If the entire crew shows up for a meeting, there isn't much more room.

We have about 10 volunteers, and cover an area with a radius of about 50km. Even with that large of an area, we only get maybe 10 calls in a year, and the last year was even slower with only 7.

There are a lot of posts with nice shiny trucks in front of nice big stations, so I thought I'd share what the other side of the spectrum is like.

Found these on Facebook

Photo credits: Fire Line Equipment