Following on from my last blog, I felt we
needed a light-hearted ‘lift.’
In
the time that I have been in the fire service, I have noticed that
the time I spend with the rest of the crew, compared with time in my
every day life, is more funny!
I’m
an old-school diary-keeper, I always have been, and when I write a
few lines every night I notice the word ‘laugh’ particularly on
drill nights and shouts. I’m not saying that someone else’s
emergency is funny, but the humour after a shout (obviously depending
on the nature of it) is evident.
In
fact, I can honestly say that joining the fire service was definitely
a decision to make me happier.
There
is a certain type of humour within the team, a lot of innuendo, and
that suits me down to the ground. I’ve always been a ‘Carry On’
fan, and I think sometimes I’m worse than the others. It just fits
nicely……
So,
talking about this I have to mention one incident that happened, it
was one of those that just tickled me. No one was hurt, the person
involved suffered mild distress for a short period of time, but it
has stayed in my head as the most amusing shout to date. It was a
lift rescue.
We
were called to a property in the early hours of the morning. Four of
us entered the building, and we stood outside the lift door. We had
already investigated the lift workings and as we stood outside the
door, someone suggested that we may try the lift button….just in
case?
The
lift button was pressed, the doors opened, and the distressed
occupant was able to leave the compartment.
Now,
maybe you had to be there, and obviously no one laughed at the time,
but I can still have a giggle now, that four firefighters rescued
someone in the middle of the night, by pressing one button!
It
just goes to show, as I said right at the beginning, and what was
drilled into us at recruits course, ‘Focus on the basics!’
Keep
smiling and laughing, it really does help!
