[Firehogs]

To Happy Hodag,

I have no problem with anyone venting, however, directing people to the backyard of my house is CROSSING THE LINE.

Your post has been deleted.

This is getting a little out of hand. The Fire Department does not have the authority to stop the bomb squad from following their procedures, even if I was 100% sure this was a cache (I did not see it- I used the Internet to show the squad commander there was one in the vicinity) however, their decision was already made before I got on scene. I can’t change that. They have to follow up on a citizen complaint. Read my prior posts. There are a few people here making assumptions on how we all have to do our jobs.

Thank you everyone for your 2 cents worth, however, learn the facts before going off the deep end over something so minor. Whether you agree or disagree over this matter is fine, but pointing out where I live was not a good idea.

Firehogs

[Firehogs]

Well…….Lots of discussion going on here. I’m the Fire Captain (Incident Commander) that responded to the “Bomb Call”.
I want to thank the people that had nice things to say in their posts (especially the one who understands my job, Zuma I think, & the contact person I sent this info to, Greyhounder, who understood the point I was trying to make about proper labels & education). There were others who seem to “get it”, also. As far as some of the others, I have a few comments.

1. the container had a string attached to it to pull it out of the tree (looked like a wick perhaps?)

2.No, I won’t gamble on 1%- my crew goes HOME at the end of the shift- not in a bag.

3. The Bomb Squad has policies & procedures to follow- they go home too.

4. I educated the Sheriff Dept, Bomb Squad, Media & fellow cachers the best I could so maybe this could be avoided in the future.

5. My first post stating the cache “needs maintenance” was deleted. Too bad- it was a dandy.

6. I logged it as a find as a “tongue in cheek” type thing. The owner at least got it because he left it. Yes, I spoke to him after the incident. FYI, I talked the BCSD out of giving him a ticket for this. I held firm he did nothing wrong.

Now, it’s nice outside- we should be “Caching- not bashing”. NO KIDDING, I just made that phrase up! If you don’t like that- turn your computer off HA HA HA.

Really……… be careful out there. That’s an Order.

Captain Bryan Becker (Firehogs)
Allouez Fire Department

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