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Location: Halifax, Pennsylvania, United States

Saturday, January 27, 2007

Structure Fire on Powell's Valley Road

Went to bed last night around 02:00 hours and got up this morning at 12:00 hours. I got out of bed and ate lunch, read the paper and watched a little TV. I then got on the computer to do a few things. Bill then called and said that Alf invited us over to his house tonight at 19:00 hours to play cards. Bill said that he was brining a pizza and said that I could bring what I wanted. So I called my mother and caught them while they were at Giant. I asked her to pick me up a bag of chips and a 2 liter of Sprite for the card game tonight. I then ate one pizza while I watched MASH on TV. I then took a shower after I went off duty at 18:00 hours. I then got my stuff together and went over to Alf's around 19:00 hours. I got there and turned my car around so that it was facing out incase I needed to leave for the fire house. I then went inside and Matt was already there. I sat down at the table and talked to Kim and Alf. Two of their friends then showed up, followed by Bill. We started off by playing bullshit. We then moved on to Texas Hold 'Em. At 21:14 hours everyones fire pagers went off for a structure fire in Halifax Township. We all scrambeled to our cars. I got in my car, turned on my blue light and took off for the fire house. I pulled into the parking lot and parked and ran inside the fire house. Robby then called my cell phone and told me to throw his gear on the Engine, then said never mind as he saw it laying in his truck. I then kicked my shoes off and started pulling my bunker pants on when I heard a car pull in outside. Bruce came in the door and I asked him if he wanted to take the Tanker and he said yes. So I opened the passenger side compartment and threw my jacket and helmet in and Bruce did the same thing. Robby then called my cell phone again and asked me if I had a driver yet. I told him Bruce was hear and we were going to take the Tanker and go. Robby said ok and that he would see me at the fire. Bruce and me then got in the Tanker and off we went. While heading to the fire, I called Command and asked them for an assignment. Alf told us to come up Hoffman Road and drop our port-a-tank on Powell's Valley Road. We got on the scene, dropped our port-a-tank. Engine 20 then pulled up beside it and dropped their hard sleeve in the tank to draft. We then dumped our load of water and headed to Dollar General to get refilled. Engine 216 had the fill site. My father was driving, and with him were Matt Faust, LeeAnn and Helen. Robby came in the Utility. After we got filled, we headed back to the scene. Me and Bruce then took the time to walk around. I ran into Sue and we talked for a little bit and then I walked around some more. I ran into Sean and talked to him for a little bit. He asked me if I got ant pictures and I said no I didn't as I was on the Tanker and was busy setting up the port-a-tank. We then broke down the port-a-tank and once the Engine filled Tanker 20, they broke down the lines and then came to the scene. We stood around for a little bit and then were told that we could go home. So we all ran up to Shell and got fuel and then headed back to the fire house. When we pulled in I remarked to Bruce that it looked like a parking lot beside the station with all the cars and trucks just parked everywhere. We backed the Tanker in and then Robby had me back the Utility in and then my father backed in the Engine in. I then got out of my gear and then filled out the incident report while they re packed 2-1/2 inch on the Engine. We then all sat around and talked for awhile. My father left first, and then the Faust brothers left. Bruce then left, followed by Helen. I then left and went back over to Alf's house and picked up me chips and soda and then went back to the fire house. LeeAnn and Robby were still there. I went inside and we talked for a little bit more and then we all left to head on home. I am soon going to hit the sack as I am tired.

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