SA Firefighter

There seems to be alot of ppl getting worked up by the new layout, in reality the page only takes an extra 5 seconds or so to read and that is not going to make a difference to the out come of the task.  I agree it'll be nice to get the numbers changed to know whos going with you, but if it doesn't happen we'll get used to recognising the numbers of our neighbouring brigades soon enough.
If anything work needs to be done on sorting out the corrupt messages first.

You can tell you are a firefighter when
 
Anonymous writes
 
"You can tell what type of fire it is by the smell of smoke 10 miles away.

You have ever had a heated debate over the color of fire trucks.

You have ever spent 10 min trying to force open a door only to have someone come along and open it by turning the handle.

You lay out your clothes from that day so if there is a call at night you can find them quickly.

You take great joy in smashing the windows of a car parked in a fire zone or in front of a hydrant.

You have ever slept in a hose bed.

You carry a ton of specially modified tools in your pocket.

You have ever said, "she's hot tonight" and not been talking about a girl.

You have ever had "yoda ears"

You have ever smoked and there wasn't a cigarette in sight.

You have ever stomped out a fire with your boots because you couldn't wait for water.

You have ever walked 3 miles into the woods in 100 degree heat in full turnout gear and a 5 gal or more water can strapped on your back just to put out a fire.

Your kids are afraid to get into water fights with you.

Your work gear makes you sound like Darth Vader.

You roll around in anything that just burned to make your new gear look old.

You take pride in the fact that you haven't washed your gear in years.

Your own vehicle has more lights than a Christmas tree.

All the shirts you own say you are a firefighter.

If a great stop has nothing to do with a moving vehicle.

The microwave goes off and you run out of the house thinking it was your pager.

If you have ever woken up thinking your pager went off and as you look at it, it goes off.

You know you're a firefighter when you really think that rusty old hydrant looks good in the garden.

If your wife voluntarily chooses the lumpy side of the bed to avoid being trampled in route to a call!

If you had to extricate someone by cutting the car doors off on one side and realized there was nothing wrong with the doors on the other side.

When you take all of your important stuff out of your pockets before going to a training involving a porta tank. "
 

From memory the 2 bays on the right and the section of building plus shedding to right is SES. Is that correct

I'm a self employed Landscaper, so if I'm working locally I can basically attend whatever I wish, however you learn very quickly if you do this every time the pager goes off you soon run out of money, as you don't get paid till the jobs finished.  Never had a problem either with clients, they have always been very understanding.  So I've got to the stage now if I can see the smoke or the pager keeps going off for more crew, I'll attend whilst I'm working or if a get a sms from the wife (who's also a firie) saying get your butt down here.