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Just joking about the Yamaha Joey...sorry to hear about the dogs.
i dont think they were really concerned about saving bales, there job is to put the fire out
Just joking about the Yamaha Joey...sorry to hear about the dogs.
like seriously.... my neighbors hay bales cought fire today and it took the fire dep. an hour to get their and when they got their do you think they had the slightest idea what to do???!!?!!!? the fire was burning about 150 bales and spreading to more. once the bale is burnt its done anyway, so instead of keeping the others from buring up they were waisting all the water on the buring bales then a guy was trying to tell them that the other bales were catching fire guys said "well i need to be over here", so he just took a hose and started spraying himself. then that went on and on. so while they were fooling around more and more bales were burning up. one thing they dont realize is those bales cost money, those bales feed the cow that feeds you, so why not save what you can and let burn what is already burning?
If it was my bales I would got a tractor and started pushing the good bales outta there before they burnt let the FF soak down the good ones
i'm not saying fire fighters are bad and I dont like them, I know their are some really good ones out their. Its just those guys that are wannabe fire fighters that are just doing it so they can say they are fire fighters that dont really care.
I do understand what your saying, they are told what to do and how to do it, but I would like to know, ok after things are organized why dont they keep the the good bales from burning instead of fighting with what is already gone?
Overall I respect firefighters and emergency service personel in general...
UNLESS....
They drive a pink razor and allow you to pass out on your picnic table....
THEN...
The wife won't believe it was his fault....
Well said!!I was a Volunteer Firefighter for 2 years prior to getting on with the Edmonton Fire Dept for the past 15 years. Volunteer FF's are NOT wanna-be's! They are FF's who volunteer their personal time for the safety and well-being of their community. Every week or two weeks they volunteer an evening to head down to the hall for training or to go through and do safety checks on their trucks and equipment. They do not get compensated for this time -- only when the bell rings do they get paid. I spent many weekends when I volunteered doing live burns or other training to raise my knowledge and awareness on any aspect of my volunteer job to help my (your) community. It also sucked on a hot 30 degree day not to be able to have a cold beer because I was carrying the pager for that week.
Bail fires, as simple as they sound, are a pain in the butt! You have to have heavy equipment (and owners who don't mind having their equipment heat blistered!) to spread out the burnt and unburnt bails. Then you need to soak everything down with foam and water. It requires gallons of foam and water which is a high commodity when you're shuttling water with tankers because there aren't any hydrants on your farm!
The long and short of it... please thank the people that saved as many bails as they possibly could with all the available resources they had to work with. My hat goes off to all my fellow volunteer Firefighters for keeping our rural areas safe.
AND I DO CALL MYSELF A FIREFIGHTER...
Cheers
Ron
The farmer would probably let the bales burn if they had to pay for the foam to put them out!!!