November 28th...
Well I didnt get any other good calls last night, but I did decide to stay on today until about 4pm, working on the ambulance.
We didnt get any major calls but we did get a few... and I have come to the concluion that riding backwards for 100 total miles between 2 calls, is no fun. I started getting car sick back there. Oh well, it was a good expierence anyway.
Until next time,
- Justin
November 27th 2005…
Today has been a pretty good day so far. I started the day with a simple gas leak on a stove. Nothing special just turned the gas off and we were gone. The real action cam at about 11:45am.
We are dispatched to a motorcyclist down. Yes! We suit up and are on our way. When we arrive on scene we find a male motorcyclist down on the side of the road. His motorcycle is laying just a few yards away in the grass. I am immediately sent to traffic detail but luckily for me I was able to see the majority of what was going on.
He was conscious but was unable to get off the ground. The paramedic and the other firefighters on scene put him in full C-spine.
While listening to the radio there was a lot of talk about possibly landing a chopper in a nearby field, but as the chopper circled he scene, the paramedic determined that he wasn’t in any life threatening damage, and decided to transport by ambulance.
So, another call that was kind of boring since there was nothing for me to do other then traffic control. But it was pretty cool to go to anyway.
If I get any more interesting calls tonight I will be sure to post them up tomorrow.
- Justin
November 20th 2005…
Call #1:
Today we are doing our monthly intern training on Sunday because of the thanksgiving weekend. I don’t know if I mentioned it before but we have monthly intern training normally on the last Saturday of every month.
When everyone finally arrived and we started the in class portion of our training day, we got a call almost immediately. We were dispatched to a possible structure fire at 8:30am. Since all of the interns were training, the captain decided that we should all go just in case it was a ‘real’ fire.
When we arrived (since I was normally on shift that day) me and my partner intern were the first into the building. We strapped on our SCBA (self contained breathing apparatus) and grabbed all the standard entry gear we went to the front door.
When we opened the door, there was a ton of smoke. It wasn’t too thick yet but there was a lot of it. The other intern and I moved inside to search for the source. As we walked through the smoke we couldn’t feel any heat or see any flame. As we moved farther into the house we started noticing that the smoke was getting much thicker.
We finally entered the last room of the house where the smoke was the thickest. As we looked around the room we noticed that on one wall the paint was turning yellow… so I took off one of my gloves and felt the wall and sure enough it was hot. After some more investigation we found that the source of the smoke was a faulty wire in the heater that was burning all of the spider webs and dust that was accumulated in the wall.
Too bad we got there in time… haha other wise there would have been a ‘real’ fire.
Call #2:
At approximately 9:15pm we are dispatched for a vehicle accident. We get all suited up in our gear, getting ready for the worst. As we come on scene we see a sheriff officer off the sire of the road and another local fire chief already on scene.
As we round the corner we see an early 90’s Jeep Cherokee upside down in a small dry creek. We hop out of the rig and as we get to the car we find it empty. All around there are beer cans and bottles of various open alcohols. Apparently the drunk driver of the vehicle crashed his vehicle when he came around the turn to quickly.
After he flipped the vehicle over, he thought it would be better to just leave. To most this seems like a stupid idea. For the most part… it is, but at the same time they can’t nail him on drunk driving, all they have on this individual is leaving the scene of an accident.
Oh well, this call did have some potential, but just didn’t pan out tonight.
- Justin
Exciting news...
Well its been a while since my last post. I have done a lot since I left for New Orleans. Dont worry I will have stories from that very soon. But just a quick update on my current situation.
I applied for a volunteer position with Rincon Valley Fire Dept. last year and didnt get accepted mainly because I lacked the necessary expierence. So I applied again this year and was overwhelmingly accepted by every member of the interview board.
It was said that I was one of the best interviews they ever had. I feel great... Wish me luck.
I will keep you posted.
- Justin
