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Slimed

When on a wildland fire you get dumped upon by an air tanker that drops retardant.

Usually not a good thing.

If you get slimed you will get made fun of.
I heard the tanker coming but I couldn't get out of the way and I got slimed.
by AlistairMacIlherron September 21, 2009
mugGet the Slimedmug.

cumulus overtimus

A cumulonimbus cloud with dry lightning. A firefighter (usually a wildland firefighter) calls this a cumulus overtimus in reference to the overtime that he / she will make if there are down strikes that start a fire.
While standing at the station looking at the clouds or when listening to the weather report that predicts dry lightening.

"It looks like there is a big build up of cumulus overtimus."

or

"Bring on the cumulus overtimus."
by AlistairMacIlherron September 21, 2009
mugGet the cumulus overtimusmug.

Shake and Bake

In the fire service it means that you are just about to get burnt over.

1. Shake out your fire shelter.

2. Bake in it until the fire passes.
During fire shelter training.

Come on it's time to shake and bake.

When referring to a deployment.

Those guys had to shake and bake to survive.
by AlistairMacIlherron September 21, 2009
mugGet the Shake and Bakemug.

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