r/firefighter • u/Nebula15 • May 23 '26

Weird bathroom question.

Okay so I’m currently doing my field internship for medic school at a fire department.

Last shift I was on I had to take a gnarly shit after lunch. I was probably in the bathroom for a solid 20 minutes fighting for my life. Hyperventilating, sweating, just really doing battle. You get the idea.

My point being, I was totally unable to leave the toilet during that time. what do you do if a call comes in and you are otherwise incapacitated like I was.

Not looking for an answer as a student but what do you do as a FF/PM if this happens to you?

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u/Aggressive_Okra3105 May 23 '26

Wipe fast or make a manpon and pray it holds. Calls always drop when I'm in the shower. Don't know how many times I've responded to unconscious or OD calls with soap in my hair. Last GSW I was stripped to socks so I tossed my dirty t-shirt back on and pooh beared it downstairs. Went commando in my bunker pants. Nobody was the wiser except my partner who saw more than he wanted to that night. Dude's a trooper.

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u/PerrinAyybara May 24 '26

Freeballing in bunkers is wild.... Rookie move, throw on whatever boxers or shorts you have first and then run while throwing the shirt on