The stereotype is this: they hold on to it with the right amount of traction that will prevent them from falling too fast but allowing them to descend to the bottom floor. This unique method of emergency departure is ridiculous. Although it makes their takeoff quicker than taking the stairs like regular grown men, by descending down the pole, firemen risk getting various ankle and back injuries and nasty chaffing to their hands and thighs. And it's childish. The pole has been adopted in playgrounds.
Can't firemen just play cards on the ground floor?
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