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Location: Halifax, Pennsylvania, United States

Friday, December 29, 2006

Hey You With the Big Floppy Lips!

Went to bed Tuesday night at 03:00 hours and was rocked out of bed around 09:30 hours when the pager went off for a diabetic problem in Upper Paxton Township. I got out of bed and got dressed and then got in my car and headed into the "Barn". I got in there and Dohn already had 13-1 out. I parked my car and got in and off we went. We got up there and it ended up being a refusal. After that we headed back to the shed. Once there I logged my time in and then did my paperwork from the call. I then headed on home. Once at home I read the paper. I then ate lunch while I got on the computer to do a few things. I left the house at 12:30 hours and headed over to Bill's to drop off his gifts from Sue and Amanda. I got there and called his cell phone and told him I was out front in his driveway. I got out of the car and after five minutes of waiting, his mother came to the front door. I took the bag of gifts over to her and she gave me his camera. I talked to her for a few minutes and then headed to the fire house. I got there and LeeAnn was already there. We stood inside and talked for a little bit. We then decided to call Bubba and ask him if we could start washing the Utility. He told us that he was putting his washing machine back together and then he would be up. He told us that we could start on the Utility, but to wash it inside. So LeeAnn pulled the Engine out and then I moved the Utility over and then she shut the bay door. We then washed the Utility. I got a little wetter then I thought I would. Bubba then showed up as we were finishing the Utility. I then ran home and got an extra set of clothes and then went back up to the fire station. I got back up there and Bubba was starting to wash the Tanker. LeeAnn then ran into McDonald's and got something for herself to eat and I had her pick me up something. When she got back I then ate and then Bubba finished washing the Tanker and backed the Engine in. Me and LeeAnn then washed the Engine. I then changed into my dry clothes and ran my wet clothes home. I then ran back up to the fire house and we then waited for everyone to show up. Once everyone showed up we got our seating assignments. Bubba and Robbie were in the Tanker, me and Andy were in the Utility and my dad drove the Engine, with Lonny, LeeAnn, Troy and Helen a,so in the Engine. We left the fire house at 17:30 hours and stopped at McDonald's so Bubba and a few people could get something to eat. I got a vanilla milk shake and a five piece chicken strips. We then stopped at Shell and Bubba and Robbie got tea and then we continued on down to the gas terminal. We were the first company there. The next company was Citizens of Mechanicsburg, then New Kingston, and then Silver Springs. We ran into Steppler, a Paramedic from 6, who runs with New Kingston. My father and me talked to him before class started. They showed us their onsite foam system and the different trailers that they use. They then showed us the rack, where the trucks get filled. We then got to go into one of those hugh storage tanks that was just recently finished. We got to see the inner workings of the tank. We then got to see the fire action plan that the company put together for the local fire companies. After that they provided a big box of doughnuts for us to eat, and most of us went in and had one or two. We then headed on back home. Once out on the highway, I got tired of being mehind my father in the slow Engine, so I told Andy to hold on and we passed the Engine with the Utility. We all stopped at Shell and got fuel and then headed back to the fire station. Once there a lot of us sat around and talked and then people slowly started to leave. Me, Andy, Troy and Robbie ended up staying and talking to almost 23:30 hours before we all left and headed on home. Once at home I took a shower and then watched Mythbusters. I went to bed last night at 02:00 hours and was rocked out of bed this morning around 08:00 hours I believe it was when the pager went off for an accident with injuries in Reed Township. I got out of bed and got dressed and got in my car and then we were cancelled. I then came back inside and changed and went back to sleep. I got up around 11:00 hours and got out of bed and got dressed again. I then read the paper and watched a little TV. I then got on the PS2 and played Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories until 16:45 hours. I then got off and made dinner and ate dinner while I watched MASH on TV. At 17:30 hours the pager went off for an accident with injuries in front of Giant. I got my boots on and got in my car and headed for the shed, I got there and Dohn already had the unit out. I parked my car and got in 13-2 and off we went. It ended up being a refusal, but boy did the guy ever mess his car up. He hit the back of a tractor trailer. We then went back to the station and I logged my time in. As I finished printing my times out, the pager went off for breathing problems in Upper Paxton Township. Me and Dohn got back in 13-2 and off we went. We got there and took the lady down to Harrisburg Hospital. While we were on our way down there, the pager went off for a fall victim in Halifax Township at Giant. Amanda and Carol took that one and went to Hershey. After we got what we needed down there, we headed on back. Once back at the shed, I logged my time in and then did the paperwork from my two calls. I then headed on home. Once at home I got on the computer to do a few things. At 22:05 hours the pager went off for another accident with injuries in Halifax Township, in front of the Bible church and just above the station. I got in my car and headed to the scene. I parked my car in the church parking lot and then went over to help out. 13-1 and 13-2 were already on scene along with Alf. I got in the back seat of the car to hold C-Spine. As I was getting in the back seat, I put my right hand down into a pile of glass. I only got a small cut, but it could have been worse. We got the girl backboard and took her down to Harrisburg Hospital. After we got what we needed, we headed on back. While on the was back, Scott called my cell phone and told me that Company 29 was doing a search party on Dunkle School Road and Suckers Lane for one of their junior members, who usually rides his four wheeler to another fire company members house, had not returned home yet. He told us that they would set off the tones when they found him. We stopped at Shell and got fuel and then went out and I picked up my car and then went back to the shed. Once there I logged my time in and then headed on home. I am soon going to bed as I am tired.

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