• @Pencilnoob@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35•6 months ago

    And if you live in a volunteer district you can even sign up and get to ride to a real fire.

    I joined last year and it was a great decision. I love getting to help my community, and I’ve made some great friends already.

    Volunteer!

  • Jears
    31•6 months ago

    I had the absolute pleasure to sit in BOTH of these Panthers at Innsbruck airport last year.

    They even startet the engines and drove out of the hangar with us inside and gave us a little water salute. Absolute pleasure, I felt like a little kid!

    I do have a video of the spray, sadly there were many people around and I don’t want to show their faces. Needless to say these things shoot water like a rocket!

  • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃
    31•6 months ago

    At a USAF civilian auxiliary encampment I got to sit in one of those big yellow airport fire trucks, the kind with the huge water cannon, bright yellow paint, slanted “cockpit” widow, joystick+cameras inside, etc. It was amazing. Then they had my squadron put on PTs, marched us in formation into a gravel drainage trap, and shot the cannon up at like 60° to create a rainstorm above us. Fun times.

  • tygerprints
    23•6 months ago

    Oh yeah they’ll probably accommodate you if you want to sit in their fire truck. Firemen encourage people to come check out their equpment (!) that didn’t come out quite the way I hoped. You get what I mean - they like to have visitors.

    • StametsOP
      14•6 months ago

      You got me excited and disappointed and back to excited again

      • tygerprints
        15•6 months ago

        I’m glad I got you back to excited again. Now go hug a fireman and ask to see his hose. I know I will.

        • @Tja@programming.dev
          6•6 months ago

          Being a fireman is a very hard job. To show your appreciation for their work be sure to bring them something. Like a pizza. With extra sausage.

          • tygerprints
            1•6 months ago

            What really blows me away (giggity) is that firemen and fire jumpers get paid so little money - I made more as an office clerk than they make, and that really is unfair. So we should make it up to them however we can.

  • @flyingjake
    19•6 months ago

    For sure! My community is served by a volunteer department and I joined a couple years ago, definitely a rewarding experience. Now not only have I gotten to sit in a truck, but I drive them, have learned all sorts of cool tools like the jaws of life and get to work with a great group of people serving our community.

    You don’t need to be young and fit either (I’m not!), there’s a job for everyone. Anyone who’s interested should definitely check out their local department. Most have active Facebook pages sharing updates and their website should have info on how to learn more about joining.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
      2•6 months ago

      How much of your time is spent polishing the fire engine, and painting facer boards on the fire station? My friend’s dad was a Firefighter for 30 years, and he said his time was evenly split between cleaning & polishing things, playing poker at the fire station, and BBQ’ing behind the fire station. He made the job sound like it’s mostly just hanging out with your friends all the time, interspersed with a few moments of heroism, and a few moments of life-threatening terror.

      • Echo Dot
        2•6 months ago

        It almost seems like a shame too leave to fight some fires.