Home Sweet Home

Seems our little friend has traveled far and near, but fear not he's back home in the ghetto. I think I may have seen a little tear in the corner of it's eye, maybe even a little whimper when I dropped him off to it's rightful owners. Suprisingly I made it out of 9 intact, i didn't get 2 steps in the door before I was cornered and threated with fake finger guns and one sneaky captain. Calm down fella's, the little guy is back home.....and I don't mean Capt. Wines(he's a little guy too). The little guy did get a chance to see a little bit of the world beyond the confinds of those crusty old walls. Did yall know he stared in Backdraft(he ate Kurt Russell for breakfast I think). I think even Denis Leary lost his job! Do you know who saved all those lives on the US Airways flight that crashed into the Hudson? It was our little friend, he's a natural born hero! He even went to pay his respects to St. Patrick......Like us on last day, he got to fight a little fire(notice where he's standing, hint hint).

As I mentioned above we did catch a little job yesterday. Not a whole lot to it but a little basement fire, but it was a working fire none the less. L2 was the first to arrive on scene and pulled their line to make the initial knockdown. E3 and M3 were getting our learn on out with Chief Manuel at the airport when the alarm went out and we were the next Engine in after having to jump our own call! We were all deeply saddened to have our ARFF training cut short by this silly fire. E3 brought the water in from a stubborn red-top and then layed an attack line in from side "C" into the basement. The fire was pretty well knocked down so we did a thourough overhaul and hung out til Joe and Becky cleared up. Other units on scene were M3, E2, E5, E9(oh yeah, can't forget the "heros" hehe), BC2, Jimmy on the service truck, Chris Price, and the investigators(sorry if I left anyone out). Also, thanks to Salem firefighter/paramedic student Hunter(ridin M3) for helpin out on scene. Here's a few shots of the aftermath I took with my phone.

Joe Hodgin investigating the fire, I think the cause may have been "mice with matches"....

If you look above the washing machine you'll notice a burnt up pipe hanging from the ceiling. We think this little buggar may have helped reduce the damage done by the fire.

Look in the center of this one, what do you see? Thats right kids, a propane tank!

In the top of this pic you can see the "guts" of a flexible air duct, I think our fire investigators may have got a better pic of this to be used in future training of the hazards of this stuff.

RW