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Firefighters at doing their jobs

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The_Oakley_Kid
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So last night i woke up at 2 in the morning to see my nextdoor neighbors house on fire.  pretty dope to see.  took the fire department 20 minutes to come from the time i called... yeah tax dollars!!!  but yeah, it was mad trippy cause embers were like seriously flying all over the neighborhood and landing on houses and cars and shit...

here is whats left of his house...

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read the story

http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20071127/NEWS/71127012
Nov 27 2007 11:11PM
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Benedetto.
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well how far do you live from the station? they risk their lives to help in anyway possible? how could you knock fireman like that? you have some nerve...
Nov 27 2007 11:15PM
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jibmastaaa
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^he didnt "knock" firemen really all he said was that they took 20 minutes, which seems like way too long to me
Nov 27 2007 11:27PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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thats shitty. It looks like a cool house.
Nov 27 2007 11:29PM
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spyder1
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is the fire dept a volunteer one?? cause if so, they all would be at home in bed when they got the call, then rushed to the station to get the trucks then to the fire. 

Nov 27 2007 11:48PM
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The_Oakley_Kid
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the fire department is 4 minutes from my house, they are not volunteer, it is their full time job.
Nov 28 2007 12:14AM
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Nov 28 2007 12:29AM
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kyle_w
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your neighbors house burns down and all you have to say is "it looked dope." what a fucking great neighbor.
Nov 28 2007 12:35AM
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Rajna
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shit that looks intense...
the biggest house fire ive seen personnaly had like 3 foot flame coming out of the attic and some smoke.
Nov 28 2007 12:36AM
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kyle_w
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i guess im kind of an instigator because my neighbors sheds burnt down and they had all kinds of paint and gas and shit in one and i watched it from the minute it started (literally, i look outside and it looks like they are burning trash, 2 minutes later its 40 feet in the air) these fucking things exploded and it was damn cool, but you still have to feel bad for them. turns out, my two neighbors who are a year older than me actually broke into these peoples house, disabled their security system, broke their security cameras off the outside of the house, then lit the sheds on fire.
Nov 28 2007 12:41AM
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StealthSteez
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owned?
Nov 28 2007 12:44AM
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kyle_w
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oh and about them taking a while. depending on where you live if you dont have hydrants near you, they take time to fill the tanker truck i believe. we have no hydrants or city water, and we live about 8 minutes from the fire department, it took about 40 minutes for them to get to my neighbors fire because they had to fill the truck with chemical foam because you cant fight a chemical fire with water. so since there was an explosion, they may have had to fill the truck with an alternative extinguisher?
Nov 28 2007 12:45AM
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kyle_w
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and after looking at the picture again, i answer my own question. they used foam. thats what that white shit is. sorry for the quadruple post im just really fucking bored
Nov 28 2007 12:46AM
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The_Oakley_Kid
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nope, hydrant is 10 yards from the house that burned, literally right in front of it.  and when they finally did show up, there were like 20 fire trucks and cops cars... all at the same time
Nov 28 2007 12:50AM
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The_Oakley_Kid
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yeah, they did use foam, but thats doesnt mean they all had to wait to come check out the situation
Nov 28 2007 12:51AM
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ax_murderer
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ur probably really dumb and live far away cant beleive u said it looked dope douche
Nov 28 2007 12:57AM
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Carter23
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i'm a firefighter, that would have been intense! feel terrible for the owner though...
Nov 28 2007 1:07AM
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potatofarmer
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I donno, he said they're like 4 minutes away. for them to get their stuff on and get on the truck should be like 3 minutes, certainly not 15
Nov 28 2007 8:27AM
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jmason
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word anywhere in our city it's under 5 minutes for any 911 service
Nov 28 2007 9:25AM
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[tightpants]
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Somebody pulled the fire alarm in my dorm last night and there was a fire truck here in less than 5
Nov 28 2007 11:24AM
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DrStrangelove
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whatever dont shit on firefighters, it's not like they sit around eating breakfast and if a fire call comes in they finish eating before they leave, so they didnt show up late on purpose.

also my brother is a firefighter sooooooo go fuck yourself?
Nov 28 2007 12:14PM
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jmason
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firefighters are the dopest ppl ever... i have so much respect for them!
Nov 28 2007 2:22PM
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Valind
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If they are four minutes from your house and you say it took them 20 minutes to get there, I call your claim of 20 minutes bullshit!  I am a Firefighter! 
Nov 28 2007 2:26PM
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sHrEdAgE
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id say thats a sick lookin house
Nov 28 2007 2:31PM
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invaderskier36
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right
Nov 28 2007 2:40PM
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leckett1
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He called the fire department on first sight...I think thats being a good neighbour. A burning house would be a fucking awesome sight...given that there's  no one in it.
Nov 28 2007 2:44PM
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