NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine — They’ve got hose in different area codes.
Actually they don’t because New Gloucester, like the rest of Maine, is located entirely in the 207 area code. But New Gloucester Fire & Rescue’s parody of the song “Area Codes” by Ludacris and Nate Dogg is going viral anyway.
The fire department’s using its parody video of the song as a recruitment tool. It features firefighters rapping and unfolding firehoses while singing about how they’ve “got hose in different area codes.”
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The video had been viewed more than 348,000 times and shared about 5,300 by Tuesday morning.
WGME-TV reports the video started as a collaboration by two firefighters. Conner Boucher was the main force behind it. He’s hoping to parlay it into an appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”