MFVFD179

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    I think what also plays a roll is people calling calls 'B.S.' calls. You get your 'routine' AFA and don't even put a pack on or even gear up unless you hear a working fire. Then you roll up to the fire or what have you and you are in a true emergency and now you have to rush even more because you aren't ready. Your mind is now thinking about more than it has to and you go into overload mentally. Then you have to run from the truck to the scene (which you shouldn''t run in the first pace, but you are behind so you want to catch up), and you increase your heart rate more than it has to be and you can't perform to you fullest ability or you have to stop and catch your breath and slow your crew down even more. Obviously you should be able to handle the call because as you said earlier, wasn't it just a routine b.s. call?

    My point is.. not being able to help your crew because you were slow at a 'routine b.s.' call could hurt you or one of your crew members. No call is the same, even if they are dispatched the same way at the same location. BE SAFE, YOU ALWAYS COME FIRST!!!