You know ur a Firefighter IF..

* You can tell what type of fire it is by the smell of smoke 10 miles away.
* You have ever had a heated debate over the color of fire trucks.
* You have ever spent 10 minutes trying to force open a door only to have someone come along and open it by turning the handle.
* You lay out your clothes from that day so if there is a call at night you can find them quickly.
* You take great joy in smashing the windows of a car parked in a fire zone or in front of a hydrant.
* You have ever been airborne without an aircraft and water was your thrust.
* You always wear red suspenders.
* You carry a ton of specially modified tools in your pocket.
* You ever cursed out someone for armor-alling the seats to make them look nice.
* You've ever clung to the air horn chord for dear life because the driver is insane.
* You have ever played jingle bells at Xmas time on the air horns to clear traffic.
* You have ever said, "she's hot tonight" and NOT been talking about a girl.
* You have ever called a person found after a fire a "crispy critter".
* You have ever smoked and there wasn't a cigarette in sight.
*You have ever stomped out a fire with your boots because you couldn't wait for water.
* You have ever walked 3 miles into the woods in 100 degree heat in full turnout gear and a 5 gallon or more water can strapped on your back just to put out a fire.
* Your kids are afraid to get into water fights with you.
* "Climbing the corporate ladder" has nothing to do with career advancement.
* Your work gear makes you sound like Darth Vader.
* You roll around in anything that just burned to make your new gear look old.
* You take pride in the fact that you haven't washed your gear in years.
*You carry enough in your pockets to give the Swiss army knives competition.
* You carry enough in your car to extinguish a minor blaze.
* You have ever juggled hot coals with your gloves.
* Your own vehicle has more lights than a Christmas tree.
* All the shirts you own say you are a firefighter.
* You find yourself living at the fire department 365 days a year.
* When you go to rent a movie and come back with Backdraft Every time.
* You have more pagers than money in your wallet.
* If the smell of fire excites you more than sex does.
* If assembling a mile and a half of hose running up a hill to catch a fire is a good day.
* The microwave goes off and you run out of the house thinking it was your pager.
* If you have ever woken up thinking your pager went off and as you look at it, it does.
* When you really think that rusty old hydrant will look good in the garden.
* All your friends give you t-shirts from their departments for your birthday, Christmas, anniversary etc.
* If your wife voluntarily chooses the lumpy side of the bed to avoid being trampled in route to a call!
* If your wife/girlfriend has learned to duck and take cover when she hears the pager go off for fear of being run down.
*If you had to extricate someone by cutting the car doors off on one side and realized there was nothing wrong with the doors on the other side.
* If you have more toy fire trucks than your kids do.