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Were you at Yosemite as well?
We also had a ton of military help in Oregon fighting the douglas fire, which at the time was the biggest fire in the nation
Military dumped a bucket of water on the crew though
lolSan Diego is on Fire AGAIN
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Were you at Yosemite as well?
We also had a ton of military help in Oregon fighting the douglas fire, which at the time was the biggest fire in the nation
Military dumped a bucket of water on the crew though
lolWait, what? What do you mean Cops think the same way?
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You guys love overtime and money like every other living American.
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Yes, COPs love that overtime money. Most of the time it's them writting up reports or making court apperances. Talk to any COP especially making good money. My pops is a CO (now retired) at rikers island and he was pushing 100K due to all the overtime he worked.
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Were you at Yosemite as well?
We also had a ton of military help in Oregon fighting the douglas fire, which at the time was the biggest fire in the nation
Military dumped a bucket of water on the crew though
I was at the castle airport just sitting around, before getting sent back home.
I know some CalFire folks had to break 100k last year and didn't even work a full year.
Fire is Cha Ching for Guard, it's state deployment 12 hour days and the money is nice. If you get paid more money in your civilian job they'll pay you at that salary while you're deployed.
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One of my business partners is a a Firefighter, they refer to these things as "bonus checks", 
Aint eeem mad, #getguap
Aint eeem mad, #getguap
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It's all fun and overtime until a crew gets burned to death.
Fires are no joke, coming from someone with multiple firefighters in his family.
Fires are no joke, coming from someone with multiple firefighters in his family.
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ThisIt's all fun and overtime until a crew gets burned to death.
Fires are no joke, coming from someone with multiple firefighters in his family.
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It's all fun and overtime until a crew gets burned to death.
Fires are no joke, coming from someone with multiple firefighters in his family.
That's the way they think about these things, and they are well aware of the dangers that come with the job.
Call it putting a positive spin, to a terrible situation all around.
Externally they say that, especially amongst themselves and friends. However, in the back of their mind, internally, they know the dangers when they say good bye to their families to go on the front lines.
They know they have a duty, and they are proud to serve it. They know the "bonus check" is the carrot on the stick to a very ****** situation.
No need to make it more than what it is. I knew what Wanksta meant, and I knew people jimmies will be rustled because people fail to contextualize things.
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This is just the beginning, California is going to burn something serious all Summer long and into Fall.
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I know what wanksta means, working in those types of fields you develop a weird sense of humor, people who don't work in it will probably think you're crazy if you say half the stuff you and your coworkers say to each other to a person not doing the job. You make the best out of any situation
Oh okay, I thought you meant we had the same mentality as the FF up there talking about "hope the fires progresses" type of thing.
There's no way I'm saying "Oh I hope the shooting continues" or "I hope the riot gets bigger" just for some overtime. Despite the stereotypes you guys hear about Cops.... Most of us just wants to make it back home alive to see our family.
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im in san diego and wanted to let you guys know that i am ok. thanks for da thread doe
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The smoke from the San Diego fires has made it's way north to Los Angeles. You can smell it when you walk outside.
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if im remembering it correctly... years back there was a big fire down south where the wind would blow the ashes all the way up here in norcal. It was crazy to see my car covered in ashes 
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stay safe out there
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Hope all my fellow fellow NT SD members are safe and sound
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where are you located? there was a big fire in San Gabriel yesterday/last night.
http://www.sgvtribune.com/general-n...sses-damaged-in-three-alarm-san-gabriel-blaze
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I was informed of the fire in SGV from some co-workers after I posted that comment. The news confirmed that in fact it was a combination of the San Diego fires and the SGV fire. Air quality is very unhealthy due to this. Glad we are getting cooler temps starting tomorrow.
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We get wildifres out here in AZ as well every summer. Most summers it isnt too bad, but we have had some huge ones these past 6-7 years. Leave ash and smose everywhere for miles
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this s*** don't happen in the ghetto
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Haha I know right. Ghettos are mad safe.
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