If someone wants to become a paramedic, one of the things you need to do for training is to do a 20-shift ride-a-long as a third member on a rescue ambulance. Well, our ride-a-long finished his last shift and the LAFD tradition is that any time it is your last shift at a fire station you have to cook. He volunteered so it didn’t take much coaching.
He cooked yard bird, or you civilians might say – chicken. It wasn’t bad, but when you eat at eight at night, anything will taste good. There is a saying on the fire department, “If it is not that good, then serve it when they are really hungry.” Also, “It doesn’t have to be that good, just make sure there is plenty of it.”
Anyway, there is another tradition at Fire Station 61. On your last shift you must buy mochas. We load up and go over to The Grove and have mochas. It is also a little PR for the families that see us at The Grove and it builds camaraderie And sometimes we just need that.
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