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Quit Hangin’ Around
One time when I was new on the job, with maybe two or three months experience, I was told to go up into the attic of a house to check for extension of a fire. So I went up into the attic and was crawling around in there when I fell through the ceiling. I was hanging from my armpits, with the rest of my body swinging in the air.
This Battalion Chief walks by, and says, “Who is that?!” in a real grumpy voice. Of course, most Battalion Chiefs back then did have grumpy voices. So I said, “It’s Firefighter Pfister, sir.” And he said, “Pfister, get down out of there and quit hangin’ around!” Anyway, I was just hanging around from the ceiling, and he made me leave!
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
Quit Hangin’ Around
One time when I was new on the job, with maybe two or three months experience, I was told to go up into the attic of a house to check for extension of a fire. So I went up into the attic and was crawling around in there when I fell through the ceiling. I was hanging from my armpits, with the rest of my body swinging in the air.
This Battalion Chief walks by, and says, “Who is that?!” in a real grumpy voice. Of course, most Battalion Chiefs back then did have grumpy voices. So I said, “It’s Firefighter Pfister, sir.” And he said, “Pfister, get down out of there and quit hangin’ around!” Anyway, I was just hanging around from the ceiling, and he made me leave!
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
Quit Hangin’ Around
One time when I was new on the job, with maybe two or three months experience, I was told to go up into the attic of a house to check for extension of a fire. So I went up into the attic and was crawling around in there when I fell through the ceiling. I was hanging from my armpits, with the rest of my body swinging in the air.
This Battalion Chief walks by, and says, “Who is that?!” in a real grumpy voice. Of course, most Battalion Chiefs back then did have grumpy voices. So I said, “It’s Firefighter Pfister, sir.” And he said, “Pfister, get down out of there and quit hangin’ around!” Anyway, I was just hanging around from the ceiling, and he made me leave!
Angelo Outlaw, © 2025