Finals Are Done - For Now

Okay, the final for my Fire Fighter 2 class is done and over with it. I know that I passed the exam but I will not know my score until next week. Some of the questions on the test made you wonder who wrote the thing!

And I managed to stay busy over the weekend.  I was sitting at home Saturday morning knitting when I should have been cleaning when I heard Box 11-22 coming from pager. Yes, I immediately put shoes on and grabbed my camera and keys and headed out the door.

I was lucky and made it on the first piece out of the door which happened to be the quint/truck. When we pulled around the corner, I saw flames shooting out of the chimney at the second story level. The house that was on fire was a end unit of a row of townhouses. I really wish that I could have had the chance to get a photo of the flames coming out but my job comes first.

Now, I have been riding a  'real' truck long enough that I know to grab my tools. But the quint is a truck that is confused since it carries hose line and some water. The other guy in the back with me grabbed the hose line and was yelling at me to drop my tools. Forget that!! There were some issues such as the fact that the hose line was not charged when he entered the building and there were no life safety issues since the residents were out. The tanker was right behind us and he really should have waited the extra minute. But the issues have been dealt with by those who have to handle them. And I did the right thing but waiting that extra minute. It really didn't make any difference to damage done by the fire.

And the cool thing about this fire was that I was talking to the fire marshall that I had met on a previous fire. It turns out that he is friends with my brother and he has asked me to email him any photos that I take on a fire scene. Depending on where the fire marshall's are coming from, we can be there for an hour or more waiting on them. So any photos that are taken prior to their arrival can help them in making their findings. I guess having connections sometimes does help...

Comments

[atpanda]

I think it is so cool that they're so accepting of you taking pictures on scene! I so badly want to ride along w/ Ryan and bring my camera. Not that they get that much fire, but if they did.... Man it'd be like Christmas for me.