Special Details (Parades/ Santa Details/ ETC)

As the holidays approach, has there been anything shocking or funny ever happen to you during a special detail?

We sell christmas trees at my station and last Saturday we were putting up the fence. One of the girls dropped a cinderblock on her finger and broke it =( Then we also found a dead rat in one of our tarps! It apparently ate its way into the tarp but then got stuck and died. It was sad cuz it was the same rat that visited us every night last year =(

Standbys and special details are the fun part We all wear doofy looking fake antlers and our chief dresses up like santa and we have our big holiday party. It's a blast.

It's actually a pretty big deal for that part of the county, as most families have someone working in either fire or rescue. Watching the guys goof off with the little kids is always fun to watch.

Thats awesome! We start our first santa detail this friday and the trees we have sold like 4 so far lol but its normally the 2nd week of december that goes crazy for selling...