A Beautiful Woman and a Firefighter in a Skirt

I went to bed Friday night around 03:00 hours and got up Saturday afternoon around 13:30 hours. I got out of bed and changed into street clothes. I then ate lunch and read the paper. I then ran the projector up to the fire hall so Troy and Bubba could set it up how they wanted it for the party. LeeAnn was up in the hall with Bubba when I dropped the projector off. The three of us then talked for a little bit and then we all left. I ran down to the fire house and grabbed the key to the fruit trailer and I grabbed the two half cases I need for next Friday and Amanda extea case of fruit and then I heaed on home. Once at home I brought all of the fruit in and then I got on the computer to do a few things before the party Saturday night. Amanda then sent me a text around 16:30 hours that she would meet me at the hall. I asked her if she was sure she did not want me to pipck her up and she said that it was fine and that she would meet me out here. So I got dressed around 16:20 hours and left around 16:30 hours after I put Amanda's case of fruit in my car, and headed up to the fire hall. I got there and parked at the same time that Eric did. I asked him if he wanted me to put Chuck's case of fruit in his truck and he told me to put it in the bed of his truck, which I did and then I went inside. I hung my jacket up on the hanger and went down to talk to Bubba and Eric. Troy, Helen, LeeAnn, and Kenny were also there along with William's Catering and they were just about done setting up stuff and were starting on brining the food in to set that up. People slowly started to show up and then Amanda who was my guest for the night walked in. All I can say is "WOW!!". She looked beautiful as always. She was wearing a white tutrle neck sweater, a multi-colored skirt and black knee high boots. Alf and Kim showed up and they sat at the same table as us and the four of us talked until 18:10 hours when it was time to eat. The food was great as well as desert. Once everyone was done eating, theu cater's packed up and left and we moved on to the awards. I got second place for Top Responder with 39 calls and third place for Top Trainning Attendance. I also got a gag gift of a santa hat with a chin strap for Chirstmas Eve of last year. We then moved on to the video which Troy did a great job on. Amanda then left around 21:10 hours to head on home. I walked her out to her car and thanked her for coming and told her I would see her today for the live burn. My father then left shortly after she did and headed on home. Once I knew he was gone, I had two Coors Lights and then followed them up with 5 bottles of water. Things got very interesting once the music started playing. Overall everyone had a good time last night, even though the ones taking Essentials could not really drink as much as we wanted to. I left around 01:30 hours after I helped sweep and put some of the tables back and I headed on home. Around 01:00 hours while I was up there, I felt my right ear go closed, almost like it was clogged with ear wax again, which I found it was not. Once I got home after I got everything in, I took a shower and then had my mother put some peroxide in my ear to see if that would clear it up, which I did not. I went to bed around 03:00 hours and after I laid in bed for a little bit, I got rinning in my rigth ear. I got up at 06:30 hours when my alarm went off. I got up and got changed into my clothes. I then got my Gatorade and sanwich's together and took them out to the car. I then put Amanda's case of fruit back in the car again. I then grabbed a second long sleeved shirt and my flash light and jacket and then got in the car and headed up to the station. I got up there and parked and took the stuff inside and put it on the front seat of the Utility. While I was doing that, Helen was picking up her gear and putting it in the back of her car. I then took the case of fruit inside to keep it warm while we were down at class. I then got my gear in the Utility and pulled the Engine out, then pulled the Utility out and then backed the Engine in. I then got in the Utility and headed on down to HACC. I got down there and when Tom showed up I told him that we only had 4 packs as that was all that Bubba wanted us to bring. That did nto sit well with Tom as each person was required to have a pack, especailly with the head fire guy from HACC being present on the training grounds today. SO we quickly got ahold of Troy and had him turn around and run back to the station and grab the pack off the driver's side of the Tanker and a spare cylinder and bring it along down. Once hew got there I had my pack and Tom went over what we were going to do during the day. We first did dry runs with a charged hose line, but no fire. Once everyone was through, it was time to mask up while they got the fires going. Me and Special K were on RIT first and we stood by as Team 1 was the attack team. When they came out it was now our turn as the attack team. Special K was on the nozzle and I was backing him up. The instructor went in first and then sent Special K in. He went to the top of the steps and I fed him in hose so that he could get enough hose to make a loop at the top so we could reach the fire room and then I came up to back him up. We went in the fire room and he took a quick shot at the fire on the ceiling and then hit the fire again. I then went around him and made it over to the window and opened it up so we could vent the room. Once I got them open, I came back and Special K veneted the room. We then backed out so that the fire could be restooked and then we went back in, this time with myself on the nozzle. I got a good knock on the fire and Special K opened the window and I vented the room with the hoseline. We then back the line out of the room and back outside. We then went on break and got our cylinders refilled and then when our break was up, we were the search team. When we came out, I saw Sue and Bob standing over at the pavillion as they had come down to watch the live burn and get some pictures also. We went through, we searched the second floor and then moved on to the third floor and searched above the fire room, and then we moved down to the first floor and searched there. Once we were done, we went back outside and over to the pravillion and took our packs off and got them filled again. The group then had a small talk and then we had about 10 to 20 minutes to eat some lunch to get some food and drinks into us and then they started wokring on the basement fire. We were RIT once again for the fires evoulution. We then were the attack team next and this time I was on the nozzle to start. I went in and went down the steps ass first, that was the heat, smoke and other junk would vent out above me and keep me from getting it in my face. Once I got to the bottom of the steps, Special K fed hose down to me and I pushed it up in the hallway and then he came down to back me up. We then went into the basement and the fire was off to our left, in another room that was creadted by putting barrel's in the doorway. We then went around a wall and we then attacked the fire. We then went over to the bilco doors to vent, and the doors were to be opened by the RIT team outside, which they were not. The one burn tech got them open quickly for us as I said I was starting to get hot and then I quickly vented the room and then we backed out into the hall and switched places and this time Special K was on the nozzle. We went in and attacked the fire and then turned around so Special K could vent. Our instrutor bailed on us as his head was getting to ho and another instructor took over in his place. He told Special K to turn around and hit the fire again and Special K shut the line down and turned around and hit the fire with a semi-fog pattern. I smacked the back of his pack twice until he heard me telling him to put it on a straight stream. The instructor also heard me the second time I said it as he also told Speical K about the straight stream. We then backed the line out and back up the steps with it. We then went on break and had my cylinder refilled and then we were back on the search time. While I was getting my cylinder refilled, I noticed the accountability tag on my jacket was partially melted and warped looking, which I though was cool. This time we were not was rushed so we could take our time. Boy I tell you what, when I got on my knees to crawl, the pain shot down my leg as my knees were killing me. We finished the search and then Tom said that they were going to do a big fire in the basement for anyone that wanted to go down through the bilco doors and attack the fire. Well I guess Amanda and Kevin Cole wanted to do it. So Joe Werner, from Eville who came down to take pictures, but also ended up helped to fill cylinders and then went in to help burn tech, and Troy helped build the fire since Amanda wanted it hot. When she came back over to the pavillion, I went "Holy Shit Girl". She had melted her shield to the top of her helmet, which we all thought was cool, especailly her. We went back over to the pavillion and we had our final talk and we filled out the eval form. We then cleaned everything up, got our group picture and then dressed down. I put my gear in the Utility along with my stuff and then helped get the packs back on the Utility. I then talked to Tom for a little bit and then left. I stopped at Pizza Hut and gota family order of bread sticks to go and then headed on up. I stopped at Station 29 and Lonny also stopped and helped me get the packs off of the Utility and we took them inside and they refilled them for us and then me and Lonny put them back on and then I headed on out to the station. Once back at the station, I pulled the Engine out and backed the Utility and then Lonny backed the Engine in as he got there was I was getting in the Utility. Once we had everything back in, I took my stuff out of my vehicle and then the 4 of us started by cleaning the masks. Troy then showed up and he cleaned his mask. Bubba then came down and he got out a cleaned so we could wash down the air packs, which we did. I then cleaned my helmet off and then I cleaned my flashlight off. Helen and LeeAnn then decided to hose their gear down and I did also and hung it up to dry. I then took my breadsticks and flashlight and put them in my car and then loaded the case of fruit up and put it in my car and headed to Amanda's house to drop it off. I got there and parked and took it inside and Sue and Amanda got talking to me. I decided to stay for a little bit and talk. Amanda then told me I was going to have a piece of peanut butter pie, which I did not mind having cause it is very good, but it is also very rich in taste. We talked for a good 20 minutes and then Amanda said she was going to rest and I said I was going to head on home and then I left and headed on home. Once at home my parents wanted to hear how things went so I told them and then I took a shower and then ate my breadsticks. I then got on the computer to check my email real quick and I am soon going to bed as I am really tired.