My first call!

[tryin2tone]

Last week our ER got three victims of a house fire. The parents had 3rd degree burns to 80% of their bodies and their 10yr old daughter came in without a pulse. You never forget the smell of burning flesh

That is definitely something I would be happy to never smell. I'm with nan..... Did they make it? How bout the little girl?

 

[shirlene29]

the worst part is its an oily sootiness...burning bodies
its gets all up in your sinuses and literally takes a couple of days to go away

3rd degree burns to 90% of their bodies...and a pulseless child after being xported?? its probable none of them made it
I only hope they all perished quickly before infection got them

 

[billfred]

Last week our ER got three victims of a house fire. The parents had 3rd degree burns to 80% of their bodies and their 10yr old daughter came in without a pulse. You never forget the smell of burning flesh

or rotting flesh. Ever smelled someone that has been dead outside in the sun for a few days??

 

[shirlene29]

I had one that the coroner estimated between 30-45 days...in a bath tub with what used to be water in it..in the summer...w/o AC

I did actually lose my cookies on that call...but so did everyone else


the thought that one cat was dead and the other still alive (and seemingly fine) in the house was what actually made me puke more so than the smell

I hear they found the man eating kitty a nice home too

 

[billfred]

I sorted through a bunch of dead bodies one time. First, everything I smelled reminded me of the dead body - shampoo, smoked almonds and all thai food. Then it got to where it was just bad stuff like trash or sewage that triggered that smell. Now, 7 yrs later, it is just something rotten, like bad meat or a dead animal. But I still smell it - will never forget.

The bathtub scene sounds just about as bad as anything I could imagine. FUCK.

 

[bigbassturd]

I had one that the coroner estimated between 30-45 days...in a bath tub with what used to be water in it..in the summer...w/o AC

I did actually lose my cookies on that call...but so did everyone else


the thought that one cat was dead and the other still alive (and seemingly fine) in the house was what actually made me puke more so than the smell

I hear they found the man eating kitty a nice home too

Pooosie.

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[SpyWizard]

In firefighting there are many things to learn especially when death is involved.

for your own sanity remember this

"You did not cause the fire or accident, you did not put that person in this situation all you can do is what you can do"

Point being, no matter how bad the situation is before you get there, it's always better once you are there..

and

In no other situation, no other career will you show up at someone's house and a woman will run out of the house and hand you her child as she runs back in, she doesn't know you from adam, but she's glad you are there and knows she can trust you..

Besides, everyone hates the cops but love the firefighter..

Good times.. congrats on the 1st call, I live in a city of 22k people we do 55=65 on average calls a month, with 12 real fires this year, it's been a crazy year, the rest are down power lines, gas alarms, CO alarms, 1 baby delivery, heart attacks (most between 6am and 8am) and recently a lot of heat strokes..

Just remember what i said above and you'll be ok.. wait til you have to go to an Echo medical and it's a teen kid that's hung them self.. not good for anyone.

Thanks for your service..

 

[bigbassturd]

Is half of EF in the fire field....

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[SpyWizard]

no just us 4

 

[WoodyO]

Is half of EF in the fire field....

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I just start an occasional fire.