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Potty Break
One night when I was an Engineer, we woke up to a call that there was a big house fire. The Captain had come down with the flu, so he really didn’t feel good. He had the runs and everything, but he went on the call anyway. When we got there this house was really ripping. We had three pumps and an aerial ladder there, so there were a lot of people in the area.
Me and the other Engineers were assigned to stay with the rigs to keep an eye on them, and so that we could monitor the pump pressures and pull more hose and things like that. Well, the Captain had to go to the toilet. He had to go to the toilet so bad that he tried to go in the bushes next to the house that had burned. Just as he would get ready to go to the toilet, we would turn all of the spotlights to face him. So he would stand up and wander around looking around for somewhere else. When he found another spot, we would turn the spotlights in his direction again. He was so mad, but it was really funny.
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
Potty Break
One night when I was an Engineer, we woke up to a call that there was a big house fire. The Captain had come down with the flu, so he really didn’t feel good. He had the runs and everything, but he went on the call anyway. When we got there this house was really ripping. We had three pumps and an aerial ladder there, so there were a lot of people in the area.
Me and the other Engineers were assigned to stay with the rigs to keep an eye on them, and so that we could monitor the pump pressures and pull more hose and things like that. Well, the Captain had to go to the toilet. He had to go to the toilet so bad that he tried to go in the bushes next to the house that had burned. Just as he would get ready to go to the toilet, we would turn all of the spotlights to face him. So he would stand up and wander around looking around for somewhere else. When he found another spot, we would turn the spotlights in his direction again. He was so mad, but it was really funny.
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
Potty Break
One night when I was an Engineer, we woke up to a call that there was a big house fire. The Captain had come down with the flu, so he really didn’t feel good. He had the runs and everything, but he went on the call anyway. When we got there this house was really ripping. We had three pumps and an aerial ladder there, so there were a lot of people in the area.
Me and the other Engineers were assigned to stay with the rigs to keep an eye on them, and so that we could monitor the pump pressures and pull more hose and things like that. Well, the Captain had to go to the toilet. He had to go to the toilet so bad that he tried to go in the bushes next to the house that had burned. Just as he would get ready to go to the toilet, we would turn all of the spotlights to face him. So he would stand up and wander around looking around for somewhere else. When he found another spot, we would turn the spotlights in his direction again. He was so mad, but it was really funny.
Angelo Outlaw, © 2025