History of the Atlanta Fire Dept.

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[quote name='Shoe' post='159424' date='Oct 29 2007, 10:03 ']Charlie Cart crews posing at Peachtree Street and International Blvd. on the afternoon before the Olympic Park Bombing. This was the central staging area for the Charlie crews. I have no idea why we used the term "Charlie". <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/shrug.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Randy wise was the EMS Logistics officer at the time. He was a Viet Nam Veteran and used terms like "Checkpoint Charlie" all the time. I think it was his idea.[/quote]

Shoe... The original designation, as I recall, was Cart 1, Cart 2 etc. This did not sound good as far as scanner buffing (and media) was concerned, so they shortened it to C-1, C-2.... This became "Charlie 1", "Charlie 2"..... and in true Fire department fashion we began to then call them "Charlie Carts"!! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_crazy.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Gotta love that slang (especially when we use it without understanding it!)



And thank you for the picture of Rickie Golden.... I miss him. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Tom