Have You Met an Emergency Yahoo??

GENERAL YAHOO QUALIFICATIONS

	Has multiple pagers for multiple stations
	POV is a tactical command vehicle
	Talks more on the radio than a DJ does
	Knows every other station's tones by heart
	Entire wardrobe is station wear or off-duty stuff from the Gall's catalog
	Sleeps with a scanner on all night, every night
	Expired inspection sticker on personal vehicle (POV) is covered by a Maltese Cross
	Washes the rigs every weekend, but has not washed POV in years
	Parks in the home driveway backwards
	He thinks he is a "shoe in" for Chief/Captain
	He never misses "Rescue 911", "COPs", etc.
	He has multiple radio antennas on the POV ("more than a Russian 'fishing' trawler")
	Corrects the Communications Center over the air on how to dispatch units
	Has reflective striping on the POV
	Responds to a scene after recall
	Drives the apparatus like Mario Andretti
	Leaves pager on open channel, all day
	He carries a pocket scanner
	He runs calls as a "service to the community"
	She subscribes to ALL fire and EMS magazines
	"I was there" / "It was hot!"
	He responds to the station during tone tests
	He knows the names of every employee at the 7-11
	He doesn't drink because he "might get dispatched"
	She thinks she's "in the know", because she has a friend in County government
	She has at least five different police hats, sweatshirts or t-shirts

	He wears his badge everywhere
	He has 500 road flares in the trunk of the POV
	Her fire decals obscure the rear window
	He argues with the Chief about apparatus placement
	She is studying to be a Paramedic, third attempt
	He has personalized road cones
	She thinks Sergeant/Lieutenant equals the rank of Chief
	She knows every police officer's name and thinks they are pals
	He wears a huge fire truck belt buckle
	He chases other companies trucks
	He knows everything about fire fighting, but can't pull hose
	He has watched Backdraft at least 50 times
	He has a Dalmatian (or two)
	He owns an antique fire truck
	He names his dog "Sparky"
	He thinks water on magnesium "looks neat"
	He thinks dirt/holes in turnout gear is "Macho"
	He claims to have had sex on the hosebed "just like in Backdraft"
	He is an expert on which fire academy is best in the state
	He will not leave the structure when ALL-OUT is given
	He thinks high pressure is "just the thing" for interior attack
	He likes only Neoprene
	He thinks only "men" can fight fires

	He carries a stethoscope on the POV rear view mirror
	He KEDs the walking wounded
	She argues with ER doctors
	He pretends he is Johnnie Gage from "Emergency"
	Her personal jump kit is bigger than the one on the ambulance
	He uses a 5-cell Mag light to check pupil response
	He still carries a jawbreaker
	He owns a seatbelt knife

	It's a big production when he starts an IV
	It's a bigger production when he intubates a patient
	She uses a cellular phone instead of the radio
	He wants to medevac everything
	He mutters to himself "great veins" when looking at complete strangers