Last Day of the Cycle....SLOWWWW.

It's the last day of the cycle here on A shift and at the Green House, it has been pretty uneventful. Only one call to show for and it was an E.M.S. call for man not breathing. We haul out of the station arriving to find him D.O.A. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.

The day started out pretty normal. Shift break...getting the low down and finding out Engine 3 is down again. This time a leak in the fuel tank. I've been here for two months now and that's the second time it has been shopped. We were informed that a new tank will be ordered an installed sometime...lol. So here to protect the Greater Williamson Road Area is.... Reserve Engine 902. It' one of the older Grummans (actually old E-2) and in all honesty...i'd perfer keeping it. So, it's leaks a bit of oil, but them old Grummans drive great and can turn on a dime.

So.....we got the the trucks checked off, cleaned the station and headed to to store for grub. Special thank to Roger Guilliams for his Jack's Chicken recipie which we had for dinner. Doesn't seem quite as good without that special ingredient....Dr. Guilliams Wild Root Oil, but the men seened to like it.

After scarfing down a bacon cheese burger for lunch, we headed out to the Roanoke regional training Center for the Suspended Ceiling class. Company 3, Ladder 1, Engine 11, Battalion 1 and some brothers from Salem Fire Dept. were all there for this informative class.

Earlier that morning I was making light of this subject but it ended up being a very infomative class that really got you thinking about truss roofing and light weight construction. Any education on keeping firefighters safer is good education. Special thanks to instructor Steve Poff for the class. I'm looking forward to his Lightweight Construction Tactics class coming this spring.

Back from class and it's time to start making dinner. While Bailey ejoyed his second lunch or predinner...whatever you call it,we found out what really makes a Captain Firebaugh p.o.ed....PLUMBING. What was suppose to be an easy task of cleaning out the grease trap here at Green House 3, turned out to be a major plumbing operation.
After a few expletives and beating it with a set of channel locks, James got it working good as new. Drew was actually able to snap the pic of the very elusive Capt. J. Firebaugh. It has been thought, by many, for years that the Captain was part vampire since he was never seen in any picture taken. Here's proof that he is real and not a vampire.

Well, thats about it for us at #3. It's pushing nine o'clock, time for some fat pants and ice cream sammies. If we get any good calls tonight we'll update the blog. To all my Brothers and Sisters out there, be safe and to everone else....goodnight.

Bway


Overnight Update: Medic 3 takes a whippin'!

That's right folks another fun filled night on the wild north side. The crew of Medic 3 received a good whippin' to make up for lost time in the afternoon. The most notable of which was a significant crash as the result of a police chase through north west Roanoke. Seems a SUV load of folks had done some not so nice things to some residents of this fair city. Once Roanoke's finest heard of this the hunt was on. The SUV with the bad guys was located the chase was on! A quick note to future thugs of Roanoke City: If you are going to run from da "po-po", know your territory, dead end streets make for a poor escape route. Well the old saying goes, if you can't dodge it, ram it, and that they did. That stubborn old tree would not get out of their way and sure did some impressive damage to the thug-mobile. Medic 3 arrived first and began triaging the 6 or so persons involved strewn thought the accident scene, all of which were in handcuffs, thanks policeman! Engine 3 arrived second and assisted with triage and packaging, all said and done only 2 were transported to a local trauma center, the rest were loaded up in black and whites and headed for a not so nice place. Sorry folks, no pictures, we were too busy doing our job, maybe next time! As always, thanks for viewing, we'll see you on Tuesday!

dja