Your first call

cocoshovel · 25-12-2011 10:29pm #1

Hey everyone, got this idea from another forum.
I was thinking it would be interesting tohear about your first call as a new member of an ES. I once read that everybody remembers their first ever call on the job, no matter how small it is.

But lets keep the details such as locations, names, and dates out of it as this would be unsuitable and go againt the charter and probably your employers rules

So tell us about it, or just even your first week on the job. Hectic, or a boring day at the station? How was it

First Aid Ireland · 26-12-2011 2:15am

It was a patient I already knew quite a few years ago in work. But he was so sick and I was so scared of it being my job to fix him, I kept calling him by his surname rather than his first name for some reason. That's my abiding memory.

Say his name was John Smith (it wasn't), i kept saying things like "OK Smith, I'm going to put some oxygen on you now to help you breathe" or "I just need to pop this drip into you, Smith".

Never happened to me since, but it was really odd.

pa990 · 26-12-2011 3:19pm

Sheep blocking a road..

Bang Bang · 26-12-2011 4:59pm

It was a call of nature, I was bursting for a leak:D

McWotever · 26-12-2011 7:05pm

Fire Alarm in St. Jamess. Remember it like it was yesterday.... hang on, come to think of it, I did one in Jamess yesterday too!

goldie fish · 26-12-2011 8:41pm

Fight in hotel near UL.. christmas week...in the paddy wagon.

lazywhole · 26-12-2011 8:47pm

pa990 wrote: »

Sheep blocking a road..

Sheep is still walking like a horse

ivabiggon · 27-12-2011 10:44am

McWotever wrote: »

Fire Alarm in St. Jamess. Remember it like it was yesterday.... hang on, come to think of it, I did one in Jamess yesterday too!

no you didnt...unless you were in on OT:P

MagicSean · 27-12-2011 4:09pm

On my way into the station on my first day I came across a RTA involving a van and a pedestrian.

Heathen · 27-12-2011 5:52pm

Faulty automatic fire alarm in a shopping center... we were stood down on the way!

Massive gas explosion the next day though, got 9 hours out of it!!

H

Dermot Illogical · 05-01-2012 1:15pm

cocoshovel wrote: »

I once read that everybody remembers their first ever call on the job, no matter how small it is.

I've tried, but can't remember.

redsurfer · 06-01-2012 8:13pm

D.V.S.A. call. :eek:

Wicklowrider · 06-01-2012 8:20pm

Single vehicle RTA, driver dead, suspected heart attack prior to crash.

Horrid part was the deceased had a decent job and I kid you not a plonker ph'd the employer there and then offering to take the job. Woke me up to the ways of the world.

WilcoOut · 07-01-2012 1:19am

bar brawl innercity dublin

outnumbered 4 to 1

great craic

blueforce · 08-01-2012 12:53pm

Wilcoout, are you a reserve?

First call was to a P.A activation at a local pub around half 11 on a Friday night, thankfully it was a false alarm but I'll never forget everyone running to the cars because it was a pub well known for trouble!

WilcoOut · 08-01-2012 1:32pm

yup i am, you?

blueforce · 08-01-2012 1:41pm

I am indeed, were you not with a full time member on your first call or was it a group of 8 fighting??

WilcoOut · 08-01-2012 1:44pm

blueforce wrote: »

I am indeed, were you not with a full time member on your first call or was it a group of 8 fighting??

was with two members, group of 12. and more hangers on

delightfully killing each other until we arrived. they then combined forces.....................

:rolleyes:

blueforce · 08-01-2012 2:00pm

Ouch, hopefully back-up wasnt a long way off! But its just another perfect example of how reserves are utilised for every kinda call out. I bet none of those 12 stopped and said "oh hes a reserve, leave him alone"

WilcoOut · 08-01-2012 10:14pm

we dealt with it there and then ourselves actually

was a massive learning curve and one of a series of events that night that made me fall in love with the job!

nobody has ever given me hassle over being a reserve,

well,

apart from on here!

starviewadams · 09-01-2012 4:27pm

Was talking to my mate who's in the DFB,his first call was to a drunk guy with a huge kitchen knife stuck in his neck,he said when they got there the fella was just sitting on the couch watching the telly and not the least bit worried.

In the ambo on the way to hospital he told him that his best friend did it!

nutts_77 · 09-01-2012 9:11pm

Grew up on a farm in rural donegal. Got the move up to the big city so was waiting for the excitement to start. First call was chasing a herd of cattle in an industrial estate. Felt like home......