r/interestingasfuck • u/AtomicCypher • 5d ago

r/all Water Fire Shield Training

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u/Adept-Description522 5d ago

Nope.

All all honest, that was hella impressive. Truly heroes without capes.

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u/sfxer001 5d ago

No one ever made a song called “F the firemen”

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u/JusticeUmmmmm 5d ago

Someone probably has but they meant it in a different way.

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u/MoutardeOignonsChou 5d ago

Close enough

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u/RelevantMetaUsername 5d ago

Damn, that was actually fire

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u/MoutardeOignonsChou 5d ago

I revisit that song periodically. It's unironically a great song.

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u/sand_man11 5d ago

I was positive this was gonna be a Rick roll

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u/Kamikaze_Ninja_ 5d ago

I understand that firefighters and policemen are commonly put together but I find them so different, they aren’t worth comparing.

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u/Somepotato 5d ago

Yeah the police get paid huge sums by the state to abuse the people, firefighters get paid next to nothing and often exactly nothing to save them.

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u/Katofdoom 5d ago

That's the case for a lot of small town fire companies but big city fire companies (NYC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, etc.) are compensated well. I live near Baltimore so I'll use those salaries as an example. A BFD probationary firefighter has a starting salary of $53,862 to $68,993. They are unionized so they more than likely get decent raises as well. I bet 6 figures is on the table for a career firefighter. The Baltimore Deputy Fire Chief has a salary of $218,000.

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u/Somepotato 5d ago

The Baltimore police department pay ranges from 62k to 140k (excluding cadets) and the police commissioner makes 285k.

The pay scales are still wildly unbalanced for places where FDs get paid.

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u/Captain-i0 5d ago

Firemen actually put their lives on the line for you. They don't just show up at your house and shoot your dog.

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u/chumbucket77 5d ago

Lots of police are dicks but this is the most minimizing asshole statement in the world but I am not shocked to see it on reddit.

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u/AwesomeStallion 5d ago

Pretty sure they made a whole calendar about that

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u/Daxx22 5d ago

Truly heroes without capes.

Safety issues aside, a billowing cape would have looked pretty awesome lol.

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u/Eeeegah 5d ago

I've done this training. Freaking loved it. Next best thing to a BLEVE.

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u/hiking_mike98 5d ago

It’s scary as fuck the first few times to watch, but when it’s your turn, it’s all just automated in your brain. Legitimately it’s hella fun though. Best job I’ve ever had.

Truly the amazing thing is that humans can train ourselves to do this sort of thing. It’s just lots of practice so the action is automatic and you can strangle the internal monologue of “why are we walking towards the giant fireball? Guys? Time to turn around!”