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A building where grown adults wait around hoping nothing happens, then sprint when it does.
means A building where fire trucks, equipment, and firefighters are stationed, ready to respond to emergencies.
from Straightforward compound of 'fire' + 'house,' coined in the 1800s as organized fire brigades needed a dedicated home base for their engines and crews — the word is as plain as the job is not, built the same way as 'firefighter' and 'fireplace' before it.
- pole origin
- invented so horses wouldn't climb stairs too
- sleep schedule
- interrupted on purpose, nightly, forever
- cooking culture
- firefighters rank chili skills above rescue skills
- idle time
- mostly spent cleaning a truck that's already clean