Firefighters' Manual has chapter on Alien encounters

[msbae]

http://io9.com/5079916/firefighters-manual-teaches-first-reponders-to-deal-with-ufo-attacks

I need to ask my friend who is a Firefighter if there really is something like this in his manuals. That would be pretty funny to me.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Oh, you laugh now, but when aliens with severe water allergies come to our planet despite the abundant water here, you're going to call some firefighters to hose their alien asses. And you better hope they read Chapter 13.

 

[WillsBabe]

I support all of the world's law-enforcement, military and civil defence, and emergency response services in their first contact situations, as and when they arise. But while the US police manual apparently encourages their police officers to knock the aliens on their Grey asses with police crusiers and use the shotguns in the trunks of the said police crusiers, I somehow feel that the UK version will somehow involve hot, steaming tea and conversations about the weather.

 

[RevdKathy]

I can't help wondering if this is a requirement of Health and Safety. Otherwise, the institution could be sued by staff members who weren't trained in the event. And that would never do.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Oh, you laugh now, but when aliens with severe water allergies come to our planet despite the abundant water here, you're going to call some firefighters to hose their alien asses.

Fortunately, they will show up naked....

The aliens, I mean, not the firemen.

 

[anti-matter]

The reason a 1st responder needs official guidance is because they would only be there the the event of a crash or other catastrophe. And just like those big trucks with their hazardous cargo placards have protocols for different cargo's I suppose aircraft falling out of a shy has unique dangers that require special procedures too.

 

[CookieMonster]

I will have to ask my firefighter friends about this.....

 

[msbae]

Oh, you laugh now, but when aliens with severe water allergies come to our planet despite the abundant water here, you're going to call some firefighters to hose their alien asses. And you better hope they read Chapter 13.

Water allergies? So, you're assuming they'll be a Silicon-based Lifeform?

 

[msbae]

I support all of the world's law-enforcement, military and civil defence, and emergency response services in their first contact situations, as and when they arise. But while the US police manual apparently encourages their police officers to knock the aliens on their Grey asses with police crusiers and use the shotguns in the trunks of the said police crusiers, I somehow feel that the UK version will somehow involve hot, steaming tea and conversations about the weather.

The aliens will probably have some kind of EMP technology to render the car useless by frying the electronics. The guns can be made useless with some kind of magnetic field that causes the metal bullet casings to expand; making them to big for the chamber and barrel.

Hopefully the cops will have some kind of blade or chemical weapon, should E.T. get nasty. There's no telling how brutal pepper spray will be on an alien species. However, I'm assuming that the cops aren't immediately vaporized by these (hypothetically) unfriendly visitors.

 

[Alpha Romeo]

http://io9.com/5079916/firefighters-manual-teaches-first-reponders-to-deal-with-ufo-attacks

I need to ask my friend who is a Firefighter if there really is something like this in his manuals. That would be pretty funny to me.

I can say that there are nothing in our manuals re first contact. However, we're a fairly small town.

 

[ria 75]

I can say that there are nothing in our manuals re first contact. However, we're a fairly small town.

Oh, but that's where it happens!

 

[msbae]

I can say that there are nothing in our manuals re first contact. However, we're a fairly small town.

Oh, but that's where it happens!

I was just about to say that same thing...

 

[Gepard]

Fortunately, they will show up naked....

Yay!

The aliens, I mean, not the firemen.

...Oh.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Oh, you laugh now, but when aliens with severe water allergies come to our planet despite the abundant water here, you're going to call some firefighters to hose their alien asses. And you better hope they read Chapter 13.

Water allergies? So, you're assuming they'll be a Silicon-based Lifeform?

The joke only works if you've seen 'Signs.' Aliens who can be killed by water came to Earth, naked.

 

[Hermiod]

^And those of us who have seen Signs are still desperately trying to forget it.

 

[RJDiogenes]

^^ Not me. Mainly because I enjoy teasing my sister about how much she liked it, and how that painfully obvious plot hole never occurred to her.

The aliens, I mean, not the firemen.

...Oh.

I think you can rent naked firemen, though....

 

[Hermiod]

^^ Not me. Mainly because I enjoy teasing my sister about how much she liked it, and how that painfully obvious plot hole never occurred to her.

This even came up in Stargate SG-1. They didn't mention the movie by name but Carter made it clear which movie she was taking the mickey out of.

 

[Guartho]

I'm pretty sure I've seen all of SG-1, but that one wizzed right past me. What's the exact quote?

 

[Hermiod]

I'm pretty sure I've seen all of SG-1, but that one wizzed right past me. What's the exact quote?

From "Orpheus":

Carter: So they fly halfway across the galaxy, in a highly advanced spaceship, but they don't use their technology to take over the planet. You know what their weakness turned out to be? Water. I mean, if that's true, why go to all the trouble to invade a planet that's two-thirds water? Not to mention the rain.
Daniel: Why do you watch those movies if all you're going to do is cut 'em up?
Carter: Come on! Don't you occasionally like to see if they're getting it anywhere close to right?

 

[Aragorn]

Hmmmm.... based on watching Rescue Me, I'd expect firefighters to drink heavily with the aliens and then have sex with them.