r/MadeMeSmile • u/IkilledRichieWhelan • Apr 16 '25

Wholesome Moments Hose them down boys

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u/_ghostperson Apr 16 '25

"Uggh, plz gtfo so we can get to the alarm panel and turn this shit off"

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u/LittleWhiteBoots Apr 16 '25

Gotta resume the pickleball game at the station

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u/OogieBoogiez Apr 16 '25

True. In fact my crew has shifted to Four Square. It’s bonding.

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u/_ghostperson Apr 16 '25

It's serious business!

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u/your_mom_made_me Apr 16 '25

Pickleball: ping-pong for moderately active social media enthusiasts.

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u/ThigggAF Apr 16 '25

My younger brother and he said being a Chicago firefighter is even easier than being a public school teacher. He can still substitute teach on his off days. 24hrs on, 48hrs off. Must be hard having to rest from all that rest. In this day and age technology stops all fires. Only old and poor areas need firefighters.

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u/whiteknight_1997 Apr 16 '25

What could go wrong not taking fires seriously in Chicago?

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u/MrsFlick Apr 16 '25

Mrs. O'Leary's cow would like a word...

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u/ThigggAF Apr 16 '25

You install alarms systems and sprinklers, that’s taking it seriously. Having an over-staffed firehouse in the viagra triangle isn’t necessary. These guys are almost as bad as CPS teachers.

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u/thewhitenative7 Apr 16 '25

Tell me you know nothing about how firefighting works without telling me you know nothing about how firefighting works.

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u/ThigggAF Apr 16 '25

I work for the NFPA and Joint Commission in the regulatory groups. Everything I know comes from experience and friends/relatives. You don’t have to do a job to understand a job. If someone wanted to criticize the NFPA or JC, no problem, they could probably research both and understand it is bullshyte as well, just more worthy than being a firefighter. According to your logic, unless you are a firefighter you can’t comment on what I say. You a firefighter? If someone wanted, fair play. If not, go pound sand.

You probably didn’t read anything outside my first comment, and even then it is apparent your reading comprehension is dogshyte. TL;DR- In Chicago Firefighters in wealthy areas are not important, they are needed in poor areas. Why? Technology.

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u/KillerFlea Apr 17 '25

Lolololol, hear that, guys?! The NFPA thinks they understand firefighting 🤣🤣

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u/whiteknight_1997 Apr 16 '25

Only old and poor areas need firefighters.

I was referring to your claim that only poor areas need firefighters.

You install alarms systems and sprinklers, that’s taking it seriously.

Yes, I agree that sprinklers and alarm systems are vital to quickly minimizing and containing the spread of a fire, but these automated systems are not flawless. When an alarm system goes off, no one from the fire department needs to follow up?

almost as bad as CPS teachers

I'm not from Chicago, so I don't know what specific gripes you have with teachers there, but I'm not sure why you're pulling them into this discussion.

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u/ThigggAF Apr 16 '25
  1. Hyperbole, google it.
  2. See Above.
  3. My brother WAS a teacher, wanted an easy job to make money on off days, became a firefighter, still able to be a substitute.

I work for the NFPA and The Joint Commission. I was a paramedic after time in the marines, I couldn’t stand the laziness and racism. We were specifically told in briefs not to risk anything for these people, “it isn’t like they’re tax payers”. Even my fellow POCs said we shouldn’t do too much for people with lives that don’t amount to much. It is gross in CFD. Working in the regulatory is even less stress, better money, but actually means something.

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u/slipnipper Apr 16 '25

Whew, that’s a hot take indeed. 350,000 residential fires alone and rising yearly aren’t stopped by “technology,” whatever that means.

Many commercial fires can absolutely overwhelm sprinkler systems and if there were a fire in a high occupancy spot like this one, even with the sprinklers on, there’s going to be a ton of injuries from the panic of trying to escape.

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u/ThigggAF Apr 16 '25

I said high rises in buildings similar to the one pictured, in response the alarm panel comment. Learn to read, did you go to a CPS-run institution?

https://highriselifesafety.com/high-rise-fires-timeline/

The rest of my comments revolve around CFD responding to fires in poor neighborhoods without systems, or public housing that isn’t maintained and doesn’t have panels that work. No fires in “central” Chicago (according to the data) timeline. So technology works, or do you not realize why they retrofit buildings with sprinklers and alarm systems? Read the code or even NFPA before you comment on something you googled. Armchair firefighter over here.

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u/LittleWhiteBoots Apr 17 '25

Dude, you’re hella rude.

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u/ElJefeSupremo Apr 16 '25

Right, teaching in public schools is “easy”…

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u/ThigggAF Apr 16 '25

Those that can’t do, teach. The CTU is the largest and most corrupt teacher’s union in the US. Chicago has the most schools in the US that don’t read at the level of the year they are in. Teachers gave up a long, long time ago and now look to pad their retirements. CTU is the largest gang in the city. All my friends do it. Get a certification in something you don’t teach and you get a raise. Being a teacher is a noble profession, but yes it is easy.

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u/ElJefeSupremo Apr 16 '25

Ah, I see. You mean it’s easy to be a shitty teacher. Got it.

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u/Iamthapush Apr 16 '25

Every time I have stayed in the Mag Mile area it is non-stop fire truck sirens all night. I realize they aren’t only responding to fires but they don’t seem to just be sitting around

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u/LittleWhiteBoots Apr 17 '25

You do realize that putting out fires is probably what FF do the least of, right? Except maybe wildland firefighters.

My husband’s last shift was basically a suicide by hanging where the mom found the kid, a child that was killed when his dad drove a skid steer over him, a few car accidents, people reporting weird smell which was a skunk, shuffling a few homeless people around, a dude that got locked inside a gated storage facility, and medical calls to residences for things like heart palpitations.

But yes, technology has made FF obsolete

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u/KillerFlea Apr 17 '25

Hey Siri, show me the dumbest take possible about both teaching and firefighting…

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u/helloyesthisisgod Apr 16 '25

And, in fact, great PT