Another prank on the rookie. This one is the classic stirring the water in the tanker…you know to keep the water fresh!
This rookie takes this stuff seriously!
Hat tip to Dave Statter for finding this one.
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Here at the Fire Critic we enjoy lightening the mood a bit from time to time…or all the time.
Here are a couple more firehouse pranks for you guys to put in your toolbox!
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This one doesn’t show the “making of”, it simply shows the final product and how the pranked firefighter takes it!
This one is also being discussed over at Firefighter Nation
This one is pretty decent. It is your basic “hide in the locker and scare the hell of a firefighter” variety.
This one didn’t really have a payday…I wonder if it even worked.
Three firefighters went out on a hunting trip. There was a rookie, a captain, and a Chief. The weather was miserable and they hadn’t seen any deer all day. They came across an old shack where they went inside to play a game of poker. After losing a couple of hands, the rookie threw down his cards and said “that does it! I am going out to get me a deer.” Fifteen minutes later, the rookie came back with a nice four point buck. The captain and chief asked, “how did you get that?” The rookie replied, “I walked out fifty feet, followed some tracks and shot this buck”. The captain then said, “I’ve had enough of this I am going to get my deer.” He came back a half hour later with a 6-point buck. The chief asked, “how did you get that?” The captain replied, “I walked out a hundred feet, followed some tracks and shot this buck.” The chief not wanting to be out done said “I am out of here, I am going to bag the biggest buck of the day.” He came back an hour later, all mangled up and bloody. The rookie and captain asked, “what happened to you?” The chief replied, “I walked out there five hundred feet, followed some tracks, and got hit by a train.”
Oh yeah…I got jokes!
Actually this one was emailed to me today. No source, no credit. Enjoy!
These guys are good. They have either been following along on the Fire Critic or spent some time searching youtube for firefighter pranks. Be proud guys…great pranks!
These Auburndale firefighters get the same rookie with some of the best pranks…most of which have to do with water. The jet dump lever one is the best!
Check out more pranks on The Fire Critic Here
Be sure to send your videos in to the Fire Critic as well!
Enjoy!
Here is a classic prank. Firefighters “install” some very skimpy thong panties on this firefighters turnout pants. The twist here is that he puts them on during a quick drill evolution and on video. enjoy…
This is a great prank for the rookie!
UPDATE: Part II of the Best of Motivational and Demotivational Fire & EMS Posters is here!
The crew (me) here at Fire Critic Headquarters (my desk) are always seeking ways to motivate you (yes both of you readers!). I thought what better way to motivate you than to show you some motivational demotivational posters!
There are some good ones out there, but by and large you can tell that most of them were not created by firefighters. I say this because I think it is our duty to come up with better motivational and/or demotivational posters. Don’t ask, I don’t know what the difference is between the two. They are simply funny posters that mimic the original styling of posters someone came up with. The object is to be funny.
If you happen to come up with any of your own, just send them to me and I will feature them here on FireCritic.com!
And yes, there are some EMS posters in there as well…deal with it!
Also check out demotivational posters on Happy Medic and Raising Ladders.
Here are some of the best I was able to find on the internet!
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Editorial Cartoon: Old School Vs. New School, Engine Vs. Truck, or The New Age Firefighter
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Excessive Leather Accessories for Firefighters on Facebook
What does this editorial cartoon by Bill Carey (Backstep Firefighter) say to you?
I think it can be taken many different ways.
Is this the new guy going into battle with all that rookie school knowledge vs. the older and wiser guys?
Is it simply the outside vent guys next to the do it all engine guys?
Is it the dying breed of truckies next to the new age HAVE to do it all firefighter because of cutback?
Does it show the more singular tasked firefighters of days long ago vs. today’s vision of a firefighter by the beancounters?
Quite possibly, it could be a vision of the Culture of Extinguishment vs. the Culture of Safety.
Then again it could be the “Excessive Leather Accessories for Firefighters” wearing guys!
What does it speak to you?
I have not seen this prank before. Many of you might not have either. Check it out.
Hilarious!
This is a prank that has been around for a long time. The thing that makes this even more funny is that the firefighter is on the phone in some hypochondriac rant about how he doesn’t get a little sick, he gets deathly sick.
And then it happens. The setup has occurred, the camera is in place…and the prank happens.
Then the firefighter starts to lose it.
Good job guys.
The other day, I posted a video of a house fire in Beloit, Wisconsin (watch the original here). The video is not that great, but the audio is hilarious!
I then said it would be hilarious if someone did a remix of the audio/video because I knew it would be funny.
Well, someone came through with it. Who you might ask? ELAFF is who. Who is ELAFF? Thats easy… it is Excessive Leather Accessories for Firefighters.
ELAFF is a Dedicated to leather firefighting accessories, and the firefighters with a fondness for wearing them…sometimes in excess.
(You know who you are.)
ELAFF is a facebook fan page that often posts links to interesting firefighting articles and videos.
The purpose of ELAFF:
To support our firefighting brethren who choose to wear so much leather crap that it often slows and hinders their ability to quickly enter the apparatus, let alone function efficiently on the fireground.
This is hilarious…Not because someones house burned, but what is said in the video. I have no clue about this video, nor did I look. I posted it for the mere enjoyment of what is said by those who are shooting the video!
The video is not that great…and that isn’t why I am posting it.
I am posting it because of phrases like “You ain’t lived in Beloit very long!” and “…but I don’t want that bitch to explode!” and the best… “Damn Terrorist Attack”. There are some other jewels in there as well.
I just thought it was that funny. Listen in and tell me you don’t find the audio hilarious!
Somebody please remix this one! I think you will have something if you do! If you remix it, I will post it!
You can’t make this shit up!
Damn, if I had known it was going to take 2 hours to learn and create my first xtranormal video I might not have done it. You know that while Al Gore invented the internet, Dave Statter invented blogging, and Willie Wines Jr. invented text-to-video technology.
However, I am fairly pleased with this video as it captures a meeting between Dave Statter and Willie Wines Jr.
Both of which have lobbed grenades my way and I am finally joining in the fun. While I would rather sit here at the Fire Critic/Prinston Media headquarters and roll around in the fortunes I have made off of this site and others, I have to have a little fun occasionally.
Statter has a nice piece on the state of this interweb fire service blog bullying that is happening as we speak! (link)
Enjoy this piece.
Weekend Review: Fires, Social Media Use, Statter gets served, and a hilarious Mentos prank
1 commentHilarious Firehouse Prank with Coke and Mentos – Here is a hilarious prank that some firefighters pulled on an unsuspecting firefighter.
I have announced the Thanksgiving Day Giveaway winner. The winner is Kingsport, TN Station 6. Check this link for their entry and how I decided to pick the winner.
Videos from this weekend include Glendale, California house fire; Regentville, Australia house fire; Redding, California house fire
The Fire Critic’s School of Hard Knocks Policy on Social Media – My submission to the first due blog carnival. Tune in to Backstep firefighter for links to all the submissions. Statter did another video. I think his carpal tunnel syndrome is acting up.
Another House Lost Before Firefighters Can Make a Decent Attack – This is what it looks like when we get there too late.
Statter and Wines in Cahoots! The Fire Critic has Cracked the Case – Is anyone following the veritable love-fest between Dave Statter and Willie Wines Jr.? I have broken my silence and finally stooped to their level. Someone sent me some damaging photos of Dave and Willie and I felt compelled to share.
How quick can you get dressed? Full turnout and SCBA in 37 seconds? Maybe this isn’t a sanctioned trial, but this firefighter is able to put his turnout gear on in 37 seconds. There are numerous videos on youtube of firefighters attempting a record!
Here I am getting bombarded by all these enjoyable stories and jokes being lobbed my way by Dave Statter, Willie Wines Jr., Art Goodrich, and others.
You guys must have thought I was sleeping through all of this. No, I have been laughing my ass off. Very funny stuff. I have hesitated to answer any of these posts, but here it is…
Read or watch the latest in this saga (click below for links)
IronFiremen.com – STATter911 - ChiefReasonArt
I have to admit, it has been an enjoyable ride. To think that these guys have so much fun just because I am 5’7″ tall. Hell, I have never had a problem with my height. They also enjoy the fact that I look young for my age. Again, something that has never really bothered me. So what If I get a reminder of how young I look every time I purchase alcohol.
Age and height, that is all they have on me. That isn’t too bad is it. Not bad at all.
Dave, Willie, and Art have formed some sort of group. Apparently the purpose of that group is to get me to blow. Dave forgets that I am a firefighter (he wouldn’t understand how we are thick skinned). Willie should know that it isn’t too easy to get me to lose it. Art…well I think he is just having some fun and jumping in.
You guys are gonna have to try much harder to get under my skin. However, let this be a warning… I have no shame.
Here is the truth I uncovered. It all makes sense now...
I can already imagine that at this point in reading, Dave is hoping that I don’t make this too disturbing. After all, he has a reputation to uphold. You know, pissing off all the two-hatters up in PG County, Maryland. I wonder if they hate the local news as much as they hate Dave for syndicating the stories?
Sad truth: Dave Statter wouldn’t be anything without Jerry Engle!
I have to retract one of my previous statements though. I have actually found out that Dave Statter actually was a firefighter. Well, maybe not exactly. I will let you be the judge. Apparently, when Dave was very young (about my age), Dave was actually posed with firefighting gear. His parents were so proud! When they left and Dave found out that he would have to leave his helmet and boots at the studio he went nuts.
You guys know who Willie Wines Jr. is? I didn’t think so. Anyways, he is the Captain from Roanoke who runs IronFiremen.com. Yeah, I have created a monster! I knew I should have cut that umbilical cord a long time ago. Hell, the last time I saw him he didn’t even have any Evan Williams with him. What the hell good is he now. I really only liked him because of his cheap liquor, but now I got nothing to hang on to.
Wines is a hell of a firefighter! He has a ritual he likes doing after the fire is out. He strips down and does a dance in front of the news cameras. It is a sight to behold. Both of the fires he has been in have ended up the same way. Check out one fo the pics below by our local ABC affiliate!
As for Art Goodrich, he laid down a pretty funny story over at ChiefReasonArt.com about the whole Statter/Fire Critic back and forth. You should read it here.
Art was recently featured in a local news article in Galva, Illinois. The word is that both of the people who live in Galva missed it. That is just too bad.
Here is a short and hilarious clip of an unsuspecting firefighter opening up his coke only to have it shoot across the room.
Epic!
I am not exactly sure what hey have achieved exactly. I do know that they have now been a part of one of the oldest pranks in the fire service.
Note to newbies…never pose for a photo in front…ah never mind.
This thing is a little slow going but has some of the greats on there!
Just be sure to send any other firehouse pranks to firecritic @ Firecritic.com!
Just wait for 8:20 in!!!! 15:00 is one of the best!
Plus you gotta love the cinnamon dragon!
19:45 is some good stuff too!
Most of this stuff has been on Fire Critic in the past….but it is worth a watch again!
Enjoy these two videos of firefighters enjoying some hi-jinx around the station! Hat tip to to Dave Statter for sending the links! If you have one to share let me know!
This is a short one. Could they be any louder as they snuck in?
This one is long as hell…
Flashback about 16 years ago. I was a junior in high school and had just been voted in as a member of the Midlothian Volunteer Fire Department in Chesterfield County, VA. I would become a junior firefighter and realize my ambition of becoming a career firefighter (that is another story coming soon).
The evening I was voted in was also the beginning of a couple other guys time at the VFD. Needless to say, we were stoked and had no clue of what the heck we were getting ourselves involved in.
That night we were to become one of the guys….and they other guys had an idea of how to break us in something proper. There we were hanging out between the vollie engine and paid engine. We were given an example of how we were to place the funnel in our pants and guide a quarter down our forehead into the funnel. The three of us did it at the same time. An example of the prank is below. Although, our guys went one step forward and drew around the quarter with a pencil leaving lead remnant on the edge of the quarter which made nice lines down our forehead and off our noses.
If you want to see more pranks…check them out here. Enjoy the video below. Hat tip to Dave Statter for sending me the vid!
The saga continues on doing things and driving PSA’s. The formidable opponent on this one is the actual PSA on texting and driving. The more recent “Texting while Walking” spoof was pretty funny.
Today, I am offering a PSA of sorts. Don’t flash and drive is actually a video that was given a catchy little name. The vid is from England and is SFW. I am not sure if the end of the vid is real or some tricky editing. At any rate, I hope no one got hurt.
Either way, this is another reason to pay attention to the road!
Ok, I admit that I received this email…but I am not big on forwards. What I am a fan of is humor. Anything that makes me laugh…and this made me laugh. Enjoy!
The following 15 Police Comments were taken from actual police car videos around the country. Count down to #1…
#15 “Relax, the handcuffs are tight because they’re new. They’ll stretch after you wear them a while.”
# 14 “If you take your hands off the car, I’ll make your birth certificate a worthless document.”
#13 “If you run, you’ll only go to jail tired.”
#12 “Can you run faster than 1200 feet per second? Because that’s the speed of the bullet that’ll be chasing you.”
#11 “You don’t know how fast you were going? I guess that means I can write anything I want to on the ticket, huh?”
#10 “Yes, sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don’t think it will help. Oh, did I mention that I’m the shift supervisor?”
#9 “Warning! You want a warning? O. K., I’m warning you not to do that again or I’ll give you another ticket.”
#8 “The answer to this last question will determine whether you are drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?”
#7 “Fair? You want me to be fair? Listen, fair is a place where you go to ride on rides, eat cotton candy, and corn dogs and step in monkey poo. ”
#6 “Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife gets a toaster oven.”
#5 “In God we trust, all others we run through NCIC.”
#4 “How big were those ‘Just two beers’ you say you had?”
#3 “No sir, we don’t have quotas anymore. We used to, but now we’re allowed to write as many tickets as we can.”
#2 “I’m glad to hear that chief (of Police) Hawker is a personal friend of yours. So you know someone who can post your bail.”
#1 “You didn’t think we give pretty women tickets? You’re right, we don’t. Sign here.”
I know why I missed this video when doing the Top Ten Firehouse Pranks….because it is on myspace. Anyways, I found it today through a video search engine and I am glad I did. This is an epic fail by a rookie that I found to be a very simple but amusing prank!
But it gets better…How you might ask? They get him again. You gotta love wet behind the ears soaked rookie firefighter!
Check out this little ditty of a firefighter having some fun at the station. Does anyone know where this Huntsville Fire Department is?
This is hilarious. The Governor finds dumbbells. While I have never paid attention and looked for dumbbells. I do know that in house fires for some reason pornographic magazines always make it through. There must be some substance on them that makes them flame retardant. I swear that on a majority of fires I have been on somebody finds some porn mags. Then they always get moved around. You know the homeowners are aware of our find once they get in there! It is inevitable.
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