Man I have issues/worst April Fools ever....

So yesterday in school, a kid walks into class, a class that is taught by a fellow EMT, and this student said "HEY MR. ___, THE BATHROOM FLOODED AND A 7TH GRADER TRIPPED!" Of course I hear this and think "Head injury, LOC, AMS, C-Spine, Medevac, the big one, I'm going to work, best day of school ever" I start to stand up, at that time my teacher, who has been an EMT for a few more years than me (but is kinda jumpy...) is already half way out the door, and then the aformentioned student says "APRIL FOOLS"...and in the span of about 4 miliseconds, I go from huge whacker, big show, EMS, best day of school ever, immediatly to...fuck. worst.april.fools.joke.ever. I responded with "Hey ____, your cool....April Fools"

Brothers

Missed a "fire" today, a little bummed out at first, then realized it was nothing, so no big deal. Came in as a basement fire, PD arrived to a small fish tank on fire, hit it with the dry chem, and that was the end of that story. Then went to help the buddies from the FD put lights in my engine capt's truck. He now has two blue TIR3s in the grille. Looks pretty sweet. Made me think of something though...I think half the reason I throughly enjoy Fire/EMS is for the comradery, reguardless of who you are, where you come from, what your interests are, etc, your still a "brother" and you become friends with all the people on your dept, people who if it werent for meeting them at the Fire House, you probably would not be friends with. Maybe its because you see a side of a person you dont see anywhere else. Maybe its the fact that you can't afford to "dislike" some one who you go into hell with, and are relying on them not to kill you, or let you kill yourself. Reguardless of what it is, I think I can quite honestly say that I am better friends with people who are 2-3 years older than me and on the FD with me, than with people who I go to school with and share the same sense of humor with.

Signing on...

After following "A Day in the Life of an Ambulance Driver" and a number of other related blogs, I noticed that most of them were from the perspective of an experienced, older (relatively) EMT/Medic/Firefighter/Police Officer, I deiced the "blogospere" needed a young "whacker" Firefighter, EMT-B who is still in school and doesn't get nearly enough calls (by my standards at least). So, enjoy