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Garden Hose in the Blower
Station 5 was a good crew. We had a lot of fun things happen there. At the time, the fire station didn’t have any air conditioning. None of the stations did. So in the afternoons on hot days, we would set up the high velocity blowers that we would normally use at fires in the front doorway. Then we would open up the rest of the doors and windows and blow air through the station to cool it down.
One afternoon, my assignment was to water the front lawn. They had the blower going out there, and I just couldn’t resist it. I took the garden hose and I shoved it right into the intake side of that fan. It blew a big fog of water right into the bullpen of the fire station where everyone was sitting. I got every one of them wet with just that little bit of water. So that was fun, but then I had to watch out for retaliation.
Angelo Outlaw, © 2025
When I First Started
A Stoup That’ll Kill Ya
Barney’s Bad Day
Big Rigs on Small Trails
Car Crashes Into Gas Meter
Close Calls: Baby with AIDS
Close Calls: The Cost Less Fire
Close Calls: Dangling Foot
Close Calls: Firefighter Rescue
Crew Minus One
Electrifying Car Crash
Fishtank Window
Garden Hose in the Blower
Here Comes the Bucket
Hysterical Daughter
Flashovers in a Warehouse
Little Girl Rides in the Rig
Little Girl Waiting Her Turn
Lucky Break in Mission Valley
Mummy Head
Ol' Pete
Party Pooper Firefighter
Poop in the Bucket
Potty Break
Progression of the Career
Interesting Fires: PSA Flight 182
Interesting Fires: Tuna Boat
Quit Hangin’ Around
Rattlesnake in the Rig
Running of the Immigrants
Selfish Driver
Slippery Guts
Smoking Kills
Spicy Practical Joke
Suicidal Girl
Stretcher Incident
Tar and Feather
Training Exercises
Warming Up on a Cold Night
Water Fights
Water in the Battalion Chief’s Car
Water in the Boots
The Pfister Legacy
Garden Hose in the Blower
Station 5 was a good crew. We had a lot of fun things happen there. At the time, the fire station didn’t have any air conditioning. None of the stations did. So in the afternoons on hot days, we would set up the high velocity blowers that we would normally use at fires in the front doorway. Then we would open up the rest of the doors and windows and blow air through the station to cool it down.
One afternoon, my assignment was to water the front lawn. They had the blower going out there, and I just couldn’t resist it. I took the garden hose and I shoved it right into the intake side of that fan. It blew a big fog of water right into the bullpen of the fire station where everyone was sitting. I got every one of them wet with just that little bit of water. So that was fun, but then I had to watch out for retaliation.
Angelo Outlaw, © 2025
When I First Started
A Stoup That’ll Kill Ya
Barney’s Bad Day
Big Rigs on Small Trails
Car Crashes Into Gas Meter
Close Calls: Baby with AIDS
Close Calls: The Cost Less Fire
Close Calls: Dangling Foot
Close Calls: Firefighter Rescue
Crew Minus One
Electrifying Car Crash
Fishtank Window
Garden Hose in the Blower
Here Comes the Bucket
Hysterical Daughter
Flashovers in a Warehouse
Little Girl Rides in the Rig
Little Girl Waiting Her Turn
Lucky Break in Mission Valley
Mummy Head
Ol' Pete
Party Pooper Firefighter
Poop in the Bucket
Potty Break
Progression of the Career
Interesting Fires: PSA Flight 182
Interesting Fires: Tuna Boat
Quit Hangin’ Around
Rattlesnake in the Rig
Running of the Immigrants
Selfish Driver
Slippery Guts
Smoking Kills
Spicy Practical Joke
Suicidal Girl
Stretcher Incident
Tar and Feather
Training Exercises
Warming Up on a Cold Night
Water Fights
Water in the Battalion Chief’s Car
Water in the Boots
The Pfister Legacy
Garden Hose in the Blower
Station 5 was a good crew. We had a lot of fun things happen there. At the time, the fire station didn’t have any air conditioning. None of the stations did. So in the afternoons on hot days, we would set up the high velocity blowers that we would normally use at fires in the front doorway. Then we would open up the rest of the doors and windows and blow air through the station to cool it down.
One afternoon, my assignment was to water the front lawn. They had the blower going out there, and I just couldn’t resist it. I took the garden hose and I shoved it right into the intake side of that fan. It blew a big fog of water right into the bullpen of the fire station where everyone was sitting. I got every one of them wet with just that little bit of water. So that was fun, but then I had to watch out for retaliation.
Angelo Outlaw, © 2025