Sometime, ask a seasoned firefighter if they've ever seen anything funny in the firehouse and see where the conversation goes. A couple things will likely happen: the old salt will likely recall a number of great times they've had that are unlike any other social environment out there, and second, the new blood will get an idea of how America's firehouse should be. A laughing firehouse is a healthy firehouse.
Some of the best-known names in North America's fire service today share their pranks and antics, as well their insight as to why humor in the firehouse-the healthy firehouse-is becoming lore instead of thriving as it once did.
