Comments on: I don’t know if the elephant will remember it, but the couple whose SUV hit the animal sure won’t forget it. And either will the 911 call taker. The story from Enid, Oklahoma. http://statter911.com/2009/11/07/i-dont-know-if-the-elephant-will-remember-it-but-the-couple-whose-suv-hit-the-animal-sure-wont-forget-it-and-either-will-the-911-call-taker-the-story-from-enid-oklahoma/ Fire & EMS news from the Nation's Capital, the Nation & the world Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:53:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mick Mayers http://statter911.com/2009/11/07/i-dont-know-if-the-elephant-will-remember-it-but-the-couple-whose-suv-hit-the-animal-sure-wont-forget-it-and-either-will-the-911-call-taker-the-story-from-enid-oklahoma/comment-page-1/#comment-12353 Mick Mayers Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:47:04 +0000 http://statter911.com/?p=3975#comment-12353 I was kinda thinking that might be the general vicinity of the Enid, but your answer was much more illuminating. As far as chief officership goes, I certainly agree that someone is required to clean up the mess, be that the hard-working lower-level circus worker or the chief officer, and it seems that there's also plenty of that to go around inside the Beltway as well as outside of it. Have a great evening. Mick I was kinda thinking that might be the general vicinity of the Enid, but your answer was much more illuminating. As far as chief officership goes, I certainly agree that someone is required to clean up the mess, be that the hard-working lower-level circus worker or the chief officer, and it seems that there’s also plenty of that to go around inside the Beltway as well as outside of it.

Have a great evening.

Mick

]]> By: dave statter http://statter911.com/2009/11/07/i-dont-know-if-the-elephant-will-remember-it-but-the-couple-whose-suv-hit-the-animal-sure-wont-forget-it-and-either-will-the-911-call-taker-the-story-from-enid-oklahoma/comment-page-1/#comment-12352 dave statter Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:25:22 +0000 http://statter911.com/?p=3975#comment-12352 And you call yourself a chief officer? I believe in our area elephant anatomy 101 is taught at MFRI. It is a very important course. The man from the circus who cleans up after these fine creatures provides crucial insight for the modern fire chief and the challenges he or she faces. As a reporter I have interviewed many of these chiefs and watched up close some of the issues they deal with. I can tell you first hand that there is really little difference in cleaning up after an elephant and its Enid (depending, of course, if it's male or female) or getting your hands dirty with some of the problems you may have read about on the pages of STATer911.com that some of these northern chiefs have to deal with. I have heard that soon the requirements for Chief Fire Officer Designation will be an apprenticeship with Barnum and Bailey. Personally I don't think it could hurt. As you can imagine I have asked some of these chiefs why they stay with this line of work and the response is very much the same as I have heard from that lower level circus worker I previously mentioned. I assume, while your familiarity with the Enid may be lacking, you know the answer I am referring to. If you don't we can sign you up for that MFRI course. Hope all is well in Zen land. Statter And you call yourself a chief officer?

I believe in our area elephant anatomy 101 is taught at MFRI. It is a very important course. The man from the circus who cleans up after these fine creatures provides crucial insight for the modern fire chief and the challenges he or she faces.

As a reporter I have interviewed many of these chiefs and watched up close some of the issues they deal with. I can tell you first hand that there is really little difference in cleaning up after an elephant and its Enid (depending, of course, if it’s male or female) or getting your hands dirty with some of the problems you may have read about on the pages of STATer911.com that some of these northern chiefs have to deal with.

I have heard that soon the requirements for Chief Fire Officer Designation will be an apprenticeship with Barnum and Bailey.

Personally I don’t think it could hurt.

As you can imagine I have asked some of these chiefs why they stay with this line of work and the response is very much the same as I have heard from that lower level circus worker I previously mentioned. I assume, while your familiarity with the Enid may be lacking, you know the answer I am referring to. If you don’t we can sign you up for that MFRI course.

Hope all is well in Zen land.

Statter

]]> By: Mick Mayers http://statter911.com/2009/11/07/i-dont-know-if-the-elephant-will-remember-it-but-the-couple-whose-suv-hit-the-animal-sure-wont-forget-it-and-either-will-the-911-call-taker-the-story-from-enid-oklahoma/comment-page-1/#comment-12347 Mick Mayers Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:15:32 +0000 http://statter911.com/?p=3975#comment-12347 I read, "Couple Hits Elephant In Enid" and didn't know what part of the elephant the Enid was. I read, “Couple Hits Elephant In Enid” and didn’t know what part of the elephant the Enid was.

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