You Know Your Dad Was a First Responder When:
- Adam 12, T.J. Hooker, CHiPs, Code Red, Emergency and Hill Street Blues were the mainstay on the family TV
- You practiced family evacuation drills as a Father’s Day ritual
- Dad displayed the implements of the trade: unloaded shotgun, ax or chainsaw, just as the date showed up to take out his daughter
- Your door bell was a siren
- Your Holiday display consisted of emergency lights
- Dad would cruise the neighborhood “just to make sure everything was alright” before he went to bed
- Everyone was equipped with a walkie-talkie
- He had 10 cans of black shoe polish to make sure his shoes looked shiny every day
- “Resuscitation Annie” was a member of the household
- Dad would never allow the birthday candles to be lit on the cake
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