Firefighters Dressed in Drag Combat Fire During St. Patty’s Day Parade
- Posted on March 21, 2012 at 7:55am by
Billy Hallowell
- Print »
- Email »
The Sauk Centre Fire Department in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, was holding a St. Patrick‘s Day fundraiser during a local parade when the volunteer force’s festivities were interrupted by an emergency blaze.
While the 30-member crew is more than equipped to tackle these sorts of issues, the firefighters didn’t have the proper gear. In fact, the men were dressed in drag in an effort to entertain parade-goers.
It was surely more dangerous for these men to begin combating the fire while decked out in dresses and not protective suits, they quickly jumped in to help stem the spread of the blaze. After all, the fire had moved from their own truck to a nearby SUV, as Jalopnik reports. There wasn’t time to wait for the nearest emergency crew to arrive.
On his YouTube page, bystander Paul Streitz shared a video of the incident as well as the following explanation:
Moments before the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in the small town of Padua, Minnesota, was about to begin, a truck fire broke out at the end of the block. Fortunately, the all-volunteer firefighting crew from nearby Sudan, Minnesota, was on hand to celebrate their 125th anniversary and to raise money to pay for their new fire hall and truck; one of their members was set to drive the city’s new fire truck in the parade and the others were on a float dressed in drag to entertain the crowd.
When a truck erupted in flames, people called 911 to alert the fire department that was assigned to that jurisdiction; but that crew was 15 miles away and some members of the general public were already attempting to put out the blaze with fire extinguishers, which can be exceptionally dangerous. When the blaze spread to an SUV, the Sedan crew decided to take action to prevent possible injuries as well as further damage to additional vehicles or to the surrounding fields and crop land. So the Sedan firefighters, still in drag, grabbed equipment from their truck and put out the blaze in two minutes, some of them adjusting their brightly colored dresses as they did so.
Yes, it was dangerous for these firefighters to do what they did, but in my mind they are heroes.
Watch the firefighters combat the blaze in drag:
(H/T: Jalopnik)
Popular Stories
Does Misstated Marathon Claim Prove Paul Ryan Is Dishonest? (POLL) 688 Comments
Paper Details Obama Admin’s Alleged Secret Note Sent to Iran: If Israel Attacks, We Won’t Get Involved 471 Comments
Obama: RNC Like Watching ‘Black-and-White TV’ Because Romney ‘Did Not Offer a Single New Idea’ 374 Comments
Roseanne Barr: Most Billionaires ‘Violent Pedophiles’ & ‘Heartless’ Cocaine Addicts 334 Comments
‘Made Up Religion’: TV Historian Enrages Muslims, Receives Threats After Producing UK Documentary Questioning Islam’s Beginnings 318 Comments
Faith
This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 310 Comments- Pakistani Muslim Cleric Accused of Framing Disabled Christian Girl in Koran-Burning Case Read More
- ‘Made Up Religion’: TV Historian Enrages Muslims, Receives Threats After Producing UK Documentary Questioning Islam’s Beginnings 318 Comments
Meet the Controversial German Imam Accused of Brutally Beating His Wife & Pushing Sharia Law Read More
‘Self-Proclaimed Messiah’ & Unification Church Leader the Rev. Sun Myung Moon Has Died — Here’s His Life Story Read More
Business
President Obama Issues Major ‘Green Energy’ Executive Order 218 Comments- Germany’s Upcoming Court Ruling Will be Huge for the EU Read More
Ford Looks to Beat Toyota for Best-Selling Car in 2012 With This Model 148 Comments
Bernanke & QE3: Here’s What You Need to Know Read More- ‘Extortion’: Why Did the Labor Department ‘Drop the Hammer’ on Oregon Farmers? 302 Comments
Technology
- This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 310 Comments
‘TaserDrone’: Hackers Weaponize Quadcopter With Actual ‘Shocking’ Technology Read More
Ever Heard of the Wild ‘Burning Man’ Festival in the Middle of the Nev. Desert? Here’s Your Primer Read More
Stanford Develops Technology ‘Better Than Steroids’ for Athlete Recovery Read More
Have You Pretended to Know What ‘the Cloud’ Is? You’re Not Alone Read More
Submitting your tip... please wait!
Comments (58)
Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:28pmWhy is dressing “in drag” still considered funny?
the token ph@ge gets to dress up
Report Post »yay
randi3927
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 2:07pmI LOVED THIS! Haven’t had so much fun since the All Dorthy Marching Band in My Fellow Americans. I hope they raised a ton of money.
Report Post »Inlandmar2
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 1:34am@ Randi “I LOVED THIS! Haven’t had so much fun since the All Dorthy Marching Band in My Fellow Americans. I hope they raised a ton of money.”
Now, that was funny! (MFA)
Report Post »Claymore Clacker
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:52pmCorporal Klinger would be proud … and envious.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:58pmKlinger was trying to run away from being shot at… These guys want to be shot at!
Report Post »The Bagginator
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 3:36pmLUKERW … you, sir, are an idiot.
Report Post »Bryan
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:39pmWhat’s in water that puts out fire?
Report Post »Bryan
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:21pmWhat kind of crackers do firefighters put in their soup? That’s right, firecrackers!
Oh and answer for previous one, a Fire boat!
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 1:28pmIf I only I had some rotten tomatoes. Those were some bad yolks.
Report Post »JanisFromAllentown
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:34amHi, Bryan. Think about what is required for fire: the fuel, oxygen, and a high enough temperature for the chemical reaction to occur. If you dump dirt or sand on the last of your campfire or cover someone with a blanket when their clothing is ablaze, you’re cutting the fuel off from its supply of oxygen. When you hose down a fire with water, you’re not only putting water between the fuel and the oxygen, you’re also lowering the temperature.
Report Post »High praise to those volunteer firefighters. They clearly are courageous, unselfish men.
SenorStrange
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 11:55amWhat the heck does “drag” have to do with St. patricks Day? We re just getting a look at what our military is to become after letting perverts in.
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:20pmMy, my, my!
What a grumpy bunch of uptight homophobes we have posting on The Blaze this morning!
Couldn’t you old farts find any puppies to kick in the head? Any small children to frighten?
Rightsofman
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:56pmNot quite to the level of “heroic” I think. Careful how you throw that term around lest it becomes meaningless.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 12:17amWow 3 monkeys… just because some of us feel it‘s unnatural to be gay doesn’t mean we’re puppy abusers. Talk about reaching.
Report Post »SenorStrange
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:29pmNice try 3monkeys. We are the ones who want to protect puppys and small children. You are the ones who what to force this perversion on innocent people. You are the ones trying to turn every holiday into a gay day parade. I’m not a homophobe, I’m ****-disgusted. I don’t fear them, I am repulsed by them.
Report Post »SenorStrange
Posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:32pmWOW…just WOW, The blaze actually edited that out. I did not know they were so pro pervert. sad ..really really sad.
Report Post »catholicschoolmom
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 11:52amSilly Billy. I hope the dresses did not get in the way of doing the job.
Report Post »catholicschoolmom
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:36pmIt’s not Halloween yet.
Report Post »neverending
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:43amNow they are just so special. Wonder how long before they show up at the whitehouse for celebration of heroism!
Report Post »frust@ted
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:34amIf you are upset that these firefighters were in a dress you are a tool, and part of the problem. You are the reason that people think that republicans are all religious nut jobs and won’t listen to any of the great economic insight the party offers.
If you are bashing firefighters unions, turn down your radio. I have never met a firegfighter that would sit back and watch something burn or put others at risk because it’s not part of their contract. Unions are bad but most people are good and will do what is right.
Report Post »JP16
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:15pmWelcome to the Blaze, where the truth is exactly whatever they believe it is. For all the good the Republican Party could bring, they are dragged down by the religious right that prance around like they have something stuck where the sun doesn’t shine with a bible in one arm and their nose held high. Where broad generalizations are made but when the same are made of them, they complain of being unfairly characterized. Where believing in something requires that you attempt to force others to believe the same, where big government is only bad when the power isn’t in their hands.
Report Post »CRoyce
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:23pmAmen, JP16!
Report Post »THE BECKMEISTER
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 7:27pmUm…if you’d paid attention to the story, these firefighters are VOLUNTEERS, just like the firefighters in my town are, which in my book, makes them a helluva lot braver than the ones who get paid to do it. These guys are off the hook heroes, just like my hometown firefighters. and as for them sucking up their manly pride and dressing in drag to amuse folks and raise money to buy a new fire engine because they DON’T bring home a paycheck? I say good on them!!!
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:30amI don’t care if they were in the showerstall…the uniform(clothes) do NOT make the man/person. I used to live in Chi-cago…a few years-back, A Firefighter, not on duty was in his own home. The house next door went up in flames, and HE jumped-up, ran out of his house, and out out the fire with his and his neighbor’s gardenhoses!! When HE genty to work, later, HE was arested and charged for putting-out a fire when not [on-duty] and not [in uniform]…These are UNION firedepartments…the UNION-leadership are IDIOTS!! When the firetruck actually arrived(10min-orso), the house would have burned-down! Almost everyone on that block(and more) saw the man and the fire-go-out!…almost 30people were witnesses for the defence…The F–ng UNION was laughed-out-of-the-courtroom.
Report Post »DeavonReye
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:24amThat is an awesome story!!! :-)
Report Post »wallawalla1
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:17amBlazers you absolutely amaze me sometimes. Sometimes you jut have to let loose. What part of they were attempting to be funny and raise money for their station don’t you understand? And for those of you saying it was only a small truck fire and no one was in real danger, what would have happened if the fire finally reached the gas tank and then caused an explosion that really could have hurt a lot of people. And I don’t think just because they are in drag that it means they are gay or anything like that or support homosexuality, it is a freaking COSTUME!! In my hometown we have a baseball game every year where the firefighters and police officers all dress in drag to raise money for their stations. Just because they are in drag, doesn‘t mean they aren’t heroes. I applaud these VOLUNTEER firefighters for doing what they knew was right!
Report Post »Pro-Palin
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:12amthe green dress is sooo sexy LOL … good job and commitment guys……
Report Post »Harvey1
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 9:54amFYI Baddoggy, volunteers are not union firefighters. I do not like the idea of men dressing as women. The last time I heard , at least before Odumba, this was a free country. The firefighters did what they train to do. They put out fires. There is nothing that says they have to put the fire out in another fire department’s territory, but what else would you expect them to do?
Report Post »krispy01
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 9:44amFlamers !
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 9:43am.
Report Post »Skippy with the LGBT contingent passed-out cold on the sidewalk, when fireman Bill in the red dress whipped out his hose….
elkinken
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 9:37amSome of you people don’t get it. This was a volunteer company. The fire wasn’t in their district. That could have sat back and let the district company 15 miles away handle it, but that’s not how we roll. We cause I’m a volunteer fireman as well. You need to understand that these people are always putting their lives on the line for little more reward but maybe a thank you.
Report Post »Zcat
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 9:33amGood morning, Beck, Pat but i’m *Waving* to Stu!
Report Post »Hrothgar
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 9:30amHell, it must be tough fighting a blaze in heels. It looked like a Chevy pickup was on fire, could this be the 4×4 version of the Volt?!
Report Post »piper60
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 9:22amOMG. They jumped in to help. Of course it was more dangerous, but they helped!!
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 9:07amdressed in drag to entertain the crowd.
~~~~~~
What the hell is wrong with this country..?
I mean…Is this how we roll now…?
I’m all for a good laugh and i’m sure these guys ment well and good.
But….All you have to do is watch how the Gay/lesbian community,
has ( high- jacked ) every event..every term like “gay” ..“rainbow” and their meaning
and anything else they can get their hand on..
This is a direct assault on the fiber of our country.
Report Post »Wear us down….Is the game ….And there starting to win.
And ….THEY KNOW IT..!
ITS NOT FUNNY ANYMORE…!!
Baddoggy
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 9:17amI agree. It was funny in WWII maybe even in the korean war…Not now.
But that is the Union at work for you. Polluting the minds of even out firefighters.
Report Post »We need to go back to a complete volunteer firefighter system. Let the REAL men who give up without expecting payment take over…
Gonzo
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 9:25amBugs Bunny was the last one that could pull it off without being gay.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 9:26amWhen did people first do this. It would be good to know.
Miners & other people out west “pretended” to be women as social gatherings (dances) due to the lack of women. If we let an LGBT do the research on this, then the will claim that it wasn’t innocent fun & that something Freudian was going on. They will further claim that 100% of these people coupled thereafter.
Report Post »elrond3737
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:01amAs a rural Minnesotan I can say that it is still the 1950s-1980′s in values. Rural MN (the metro is very liberal)is very conservative so this would be viewed as funny.
Report Post »YAHSHUARULES
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:14amWell we have so-called christian politicians going to Bohemian Grove and dressing in drag and having a thinly veiled satanic ritual every year where they burn a human efigy – this Mollock worship ritual they call “cremation of care”. We have a POTUS who was raised with a transsexual nanny, most of the interns these days in congressional and senate offices are pushing a homosexual agenda..small wonder…and if you really want an eye opener read the attached which sites a lot of homosexual writings in their papers to find out how disengenuous the whole thing is. Born gay is a lie, no science to support it, this whole queer acceptance thing is about politcal power so they can continue a immoral and perverse lifestyle without having to deal with the immorality of it. Sodomy is an act they turned into a protected, oppressed class. But among themselves there are many incidents of HETEROSEXUAL relationships. They also know “reparative therapy” works and they are vicious to anyone who comes out of the queer life. As long as you say you are “gay” for political power purposes the community is ok with the lies. This movement began in Germany in the Wiemar Republic and here in the USA the initiator was a member of occult O.T.O. Its all in this paper and a lot more. Part of the agenda is destroying the family and reverence for God and the bible. This isn’t about tolerance but dominance by perversion!
Report Post »http://www.massresistance.org/docs/gen/08a/born_gay_hoax/TheBornGayHoax.pdf
neverending
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:46amAgree totally – it is just plain sick!
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 11:00amYAHSHUARULES
About beng born gay.
I read poster of Marginal Revolutions that he didn’t believe in the born gay theory. He stated that he didn’t believe that such a complex behavior could be genetically encoded. I tried to find that post because he said so well (better than I could).
I don’t believe in the hoax. Marginal Revolution did link to a study by economists that showed homosexuality was linked to economic factors. So that proved that “on the margins” homosexual activity was a CHOICE. I copied that story.
Most gays when you ask them about the gay gene hem & haw & talk about epigenetics. Now they just say we are, we don’t need an explanation & deal with it.
I am dealing with it. I want to separate from them. They don’t like that ideal either of live & let live. They need a host like a parasite does.
If a large portion of society separated from the gay elements of society what harm would come to them? They will say that gays will be born among the separatists. Well it is not genetic then that is a lie. If a young adolescent has homosexual ideals they can be treated by real psychiatrists. They are afraid that the separatists would remain gay free & that there society would crumble. They are afraid of the truth.
Report Post »EndTheGOPTEA
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 1:51pm@YAHSHUARULES
Report Post »You must be just a ball in bed… lol.. Sodomy Rules!!! You have no idea what you’re missing.
Hawker
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 6:55pmGet a grip sabuck, you seem to take life a bit to serious.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on March 22, 2012 at 12:22amEndTheGOP… nor do I want to know!!
Report Post »Dustoff
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 9:00amOMG….. I’ve done some odd things as a fire fighter, but I must admit. This one tops them all.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 8:59amWhen did it become entertaining for men to dress like women? Pooftas.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 9:23amThey do it all the time in crossing the line ceremonies on ships. There is a drag queen contest & the winner gets to be King Poseiden’s/ Neptune’s consort & does not get beaten or slimed with decomposing garbage from the kitchen/galley.
The most manly men are the one’s who try out.
A U-boat crew took time out for a crossing the line ceremony in WWII.
But after DADT repeal I don’t know what happens.
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 8:48amCross-dressers should not be confused with heroes. Heroes risk their own lives to save people. These guys put out a vehicle fire that had no risk of hurting anyone. A vehicle that they were responsible for, while they pranced in drag.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 8:18amHmm, I don’t understand the connection between St. Patrick‘s Day and dressing in women’s clothes. If they were dressed as leprechauns I would get it.
Report Post »Khedewia
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 10:06amI was thinking the same thing. Why do they choose St. Patrick’s Day to do this? It’s not Gay Pride Month. Where is the connection?
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 8:17amThey’re so pretty.
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 8:19amOh so pretty, they’re so pretty and witty and gay!
Report Post »