Kingy said:

captain_spalding said:

Kingy said:

I did have to make loud noises to the guys on the end of the fire hoses a couple of times, in order to make them listen to me.

I do not normally yell at the vollies, I encourage them, and guide them, but I do tell them during training that I would only yell at them to listen to me when I YELL AT THEM.

It is only to save their lives, (or to give me an alibi when they don’t make it out).

I used to tell people ‘served under me’ that my primary goal was to keep them alive and safe.

They would beam at this, and then i’d tell them that it was because i dreaded the amount of paperwork that their demise(s) would generate.

Yep.

Also the lack of sleep.

And the paperwork, court cases, investigations, etc.

Did I forget to mention this arvo’s entertainment?

One of Western Power’s transformer enclosures decided to have a meltdown and set fire to the countryside.

I had just knocked off work, cracked open a stubby of beer, took one mouthful, and then… suddenly I’m incident controller.

2 hours later I get home.

I just realised that this kind of thing gets so regular for me now that I forget to mention it here.

So if I go quiet, I may be otherwise occupied.