Change Over
Two words a firefighter doesn't want to hear. Whether it's 3AM with a broken apparatus marooned on the highway, changing back into your frontline, or when your field mechanic says to you, "I did all I can do,you have to change over". It almost always causes heartburn with some firefighters. For me, it's just a part of life. Yesterday was our short straw day. Thousands of feet of hose, and all of the equipment must be switched to the replacement fire engine. A tedious process at best, a few hours of hard work and we're back in service.
Change Over
Two words a firefighter doesn't want to hear. Whether it's 3AM with a broken apparatus marooned on the highway, changing back into your frontline, or when your field mechanic says to you, "I did all I can do,you have to change over". It almost always causes heartburn with some firefighters. For me, it's just a part of life. Yesterday was our short straw day. Thousands of feet of hose, and all of the equipment must be switched to the replacement fire engine. A tedious process at best, a few hours of hard work and we're back in service.