What Does Your Name Mean?

[Box 2565]

O.K. Folks, lot's of the nick names on the board can be figured out, but I always wonder what some of them mean.  My name relates to the fire alarm box that was in front of our house when I was little (daysleeper47 ' gricker: yes I was little once!).  If you would like to see a picture of Box 2565 (the box, not me!), visit this link here on the site: Box 2565.

So gang, what does your name mean!   :shock:

[yfdgricker]

And now a man who needs no introduction......yfdgricker!

Sorry I always wanted to say that!

In the unlikely event you can't figure my nickname out, its
yfd (Youngstown Fire Department) + g (The first letter of my first name) + ricker (My last name)

Pretty simple eh? How bout the rest of you?

[daysleeper47]

Daysleeper is the name of a great song by R.E.M. and the 47 was a random pick. That's my story. Nothing too exciting.  :watereyes3d:

[W8YSU]

W8YSU

HAM RADIO CALL SIGN!!

DEAN

[yfd4]

YFD4...Youngstown Fire Dept
Was raised across from Warren Fire Dept Station 4 on Youngstown Rd in Warren Ohio
began a fire interest around 1957 or maybe a bit later

[struthersboy]

ok guys, if you can't figure mine out there has to be something wrong.  Struthers-where i reside at when i'm home from college.  and Boy-it just sounded good after Struthers.  that be it.  peace-struthersboy

[Sirenman]

FlashTEXT
I guess that Sirenman is pretty self explanatory. Actually it is what others started calling me some years ago, and sort of stuck.
John Dorgan

[Thunder]

Thunder is what my High School Swimming Coach started calling me back in 1975.  I guess when I dove from the starting blocks I made this deep gutteral nosie that echoed like thunder around the pool.  Now I am just noisy in general.....

[NewJerseyFireApp]

NewJerseyFireApp: Wellsir....It's a shortened version of the title of my website, New Jersey Fire Apparatus, http://www.angelfie.com/nj3/fireapparatus. I'm a fire buff from NJ, so It's all the more fitting. <Jim shrugs shoulders> I'm not THAT creative  :tongue3d:

[52howe]

I am A volunteer firefighter in Indiana and I own a 1952 Ford Howe piston pumper.

[Box 2565]

Hi 52Howe,

I'd like to know some more abount your rig!  Some time when you have a chance could you tell me the pump capacity, booster tank size, the Howe serial # and model # (from the little metal plate under the drivers seat) the pump #, and where was the rig in service.

I have a large listing of Howe rigs and where they served and I would like to add your rig to the list.

Thanks,

Steve

[52howe]

Hi Steve I will look up the rest of the info you want . My truck is 500 gpm with a 500 gallon tank. it also has a Meyers high pressure pump for the booster reels. I am the Assistant Chief at Claypool Indiana and after 13 years of driving "Old Dad" I could not let him go any were else so I bought him for the out rageous sum of $750.00 fully equiped. I will look up the serial number tomorrow. I have the rest of the information, the truck is an HRS model serial number 9110 pump number 2147 the paper work calls it a dual pumper. The chasis is a 52 but the truck was not delivered until 7/16/53 I have the letter introducing the delivery driver.
Paul Green

[schollsy]

My name is schollsy. That is just a name that all of my friends gave me and is also my AOL screen name. It doesnt have any meaning really  :!:

[cfde4]

well
cfd is for campbell fire dept. and e4 is for our 1979 american lafrance engine 4.

[Jiffy911]

Well the Jiffy part is for a childhood nickname...My full name is Jennifer. When I was young, my mom used to babysit this kid and he could never say "Jennifer" the right way--it always came out as "Jifler" so then it just sort of stuck and eventually got shortened to Jiffy. And the 911 part...well...duh