‘Buff’ explained
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- December
- 12
I just found a new word, “Buff,” that was being tossed about by some first-responder-types discussing the recent Mayor Darden article. Darden apparently used emergency lights on his vehicle when he got into a traffic pickle while shopping over the weekend at the Palisades Center. A few people kept talking about “a buff” and wondering how “buffed” his car was. Huh? Definitions follow:
—A firefighter or first-responder who goes to a fire, accident, etc. scenes for other departments, to watch an “interesting” call. There are also “buffs” who aren’t first-responders, but go out to watch the call unfold. In either case, this is called “buffing a call.”
—To trick out a vehicle with lights beyond the one standard blue “first responder” light.
—A firefighter or first-responder who goes to a fire, accident, etc. scenes for other departments, to watch an “interesting” call. There are also “buffs” who aren’t first-responders, but go out to watch the call unfold. In either case, this is called “buffing a call.”
—To trick out a vehicle with lights beyond the one standard blue “first responder” light.
Example: Firefighters who buff cause concern when they start offering advice to the chief in charge.
Basically a “buff” is the the voyeur of the first-responder world.
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on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 at 5:45 pm by Nancy Cutler.
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