Working Mobile Home Fire
I went to bed Tuesday night around 02:00 hours and got up at 07:10 hours when my alarm went off. I got out of bed and got dressed and then grabbed my hat, jacket and suitcase and took them out to the kitchen. I then got my lunch and Gatorade bottles together. I then got in my car and left around 07:22 hours and headed up to Eville to go to work. I got up there and parked and went inside. As I was walking inside everyone was waking up as the tones had just gone off for an accident with entrapment in Northumberland County. I clocked in and put my lunch and Gatorade bottles in the fridge. I then ate breakfast and Stutzman and Enders had already done a rig check on 6-8. I then did a few things on the computer and then went to check on supplies. I then put the supplies away that had come Monday and Tuesday. I then put an order in for more supplies. Tim had gone with Tindell in the squad to the accident call in Northumberland County. Tindell came back with the squad and said that Tim was on Ambulance 62 on his way to Geisinger Hospital. Kathy and Jim then went on a call shortly after that for chest pains in Upper Paxton Township. Kathy then came back and said she was going to need help washing 6-3. I said that I would help as it was probally never washed after I got back Monday morning from Pottsville with Wertz. We then sent Enders up to 62's station to pick up Tim and then we washed 6-3. Me and Stutzman then ran up to the Post Office so I could mail a package back to Tri-Anim. When we got back, Kathy had left to go pick up Jim at Sheetz in Halifax. Steve then left to run down to Life Team to pick up some information and to also pick up the Morhine at Harrisburg Hospital. Jim and Kathy then got back and Jim and Stutzman were in the med room restocking, when the tones went off for another call in Upper Paxton Township. We heard Tim go responding in the squad to the call. Tim then called my cell phone and asked me to run two batteries up to him at SLV. So I went out to the bay and told Stutzman to grab two batteries and then we got in 6-8 and took off for SLV. We dropped the batteries off and Tim left on 20-1. Enders then took the squad back to Station 20 and we picked him up and then headed back to Eville. We got back and as soon as I walked into the station I heard Jim back in the day room bitching about what we had done. I walked up front and sat down in the front office and talked to Wendy casue I told her that if I would have went back in the day room I would have shot off my mouth. The tones then went off for chest pains in Washington Township. Jim and Kathy took the call, but Jim also asked us to tag along for lifting assistance. We helped load them up and then they went to Holy Spirit Hospital and we headed back to the station. Once there I ate lunch and then we ran up to Jo-Jo's so Stutzman and Enders could get something to eat. Steve then made it back and then at 13:42 hours, my fire pager went off for a structure fire in Halifax Township. It quickly went to a working mobile home fire. Naturally I was pissed off that I was missing the structure fire, especially a working fire. The guy from Stryker then showed up to go over the power stretchers. Jim and Kathy then got back and you could tell Jim was pissed and it was because Kathy did not stop at Gonder's Grub House so he could get some food. After the guy from Stryker was done, we put the stretchers in service on the first due trucks. Then around 15:30 hours the tones went off for abdominal pains in Lykens Borough. Myself, Stutzman and Enders took that call and I drove the whole time. We got up there and got the lady loaded and took her down to Harrisburg Hospital. As we were on our way down it started snowing and all the tones went off again for breathing problems in Jackson Township. When we went down through I saw it was at Matt Faust's place and I wondered who it was. After we got what we needed down there, we headed on back. I swung by the "Barn" and got times for the structure fire as they had placed the box in service at 17:00 hours. We then ran up to Wal-Mart so Enders could buy something and then they both got something to eat for dinner. I then stopped at Jo-Jo's and grabbed something to eat for dinner and then we headed back to the station. Once there I ate dinner and then Stutzman and Enders left at 20:00 hours. I then sat down and watched TV while Tim worked on his many charts back in the Supervisor's office, He finally came out at 23:00 hours and went up to Koppy's and got something to eat. He came back and we watched two episodes of Season 2 of Emergency and then he went back to his charts and I went to bed arouns 01:30 hours. The tones then went off around 02:10 hours for a diabetic problems in Elizabethville Borough. I got the stuff on my belt and then got my boots on and we got in 6-8 and off we went. We got there and got the lady loaded up and took her down to Holy Spirit Hospital. After we got what we needed, we headed on back. We stopped at then Uni-Mart on Front Street so Tim could get some coffee and I grabbed something to munch on and to drink and then we headed on back. We stopped at the shed and I picked up the 12-lead cables that Tim had left on 13-1 and while I was there the tones went off for a call in Lykens Borough. 6-5 handled that one and it turned out to be a public service. We then headed on back to the station. Once there I helped Tim restock and then I hosed off 6-8 and then I went back to sleep around 06:30 hours and Tim went back to continue working on his charts. The tones then went off again around 07:00 hours for breathing problems in Halifax Township. I got the stuff back on my belt and then got my boots on and got in 6-8 and off we went. We got down there and Tim got on 13-2 and they headed on down to Harrisburg Hospital. I then ran up to Shell and got fuel and headed on back to Eville. Once back I clocked out and then headed on home. Once at home I went back to bed to get some more sleep. I woke up this afternoon at 16:45 hours and I got out of bed and changed into street clothes. I then ate dinner and then left around 17:30 hours and headed up to the fire house. Once there Bubba told me that we were taking the Engine into Station 29 so we could go over the air cascade. So we loaded our gear up into the Engine and headed on into Station 29. We practiced our SCBA donning first. The first time I did it I screwed up and decided to just stop. The second time I did it I was down to 53 seconds. The third time I did it, I was up to 56 seconds, but still under one minute. We then went over our SCBA checks and then did the cascade system. We left there around 21:10 hours and headed back to the fire house. Once there we cleaned the masks and then we shot the shit. Myself, Troy and LeeAnn all left around 22:30 hours and I headed on home. Once at home I took a shower and am soon going to bed as I am tired.

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