By Diane Rothschild

Many thanks to Ron Jeffers of the New Jersey Metro Fire Photographers for the humorous photos and captions below.

“I thought Arnold was the ‘Terminator’—not a fire truck?”

“Hey, I’m in the parade, too!”

“What? Decorate the rig for the Christmas parade? I’m on my lunch break and watching the game!”

“No kidding!”

“I relieve a short guy.”

Diane Rothschild is a 28-year veteran of PennWell Corp.; the executive editor of Fire Engineering, Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment, and Fire Rescue; and the conference director of FDIC. She has a B.A. in English communications. She has been a yenta (look it up) for most of her life. If you have a story for the Yenta, e-mail dianer@pennwell.com.