The Butt Can's on Fire

I went to bed Thursday night around 02:00 hours and when I turned my alarm on, I forgot to check it to see what time it was set for. My mother woke me up around 07:25 hours. I got up and got dressed and then checked my alarm and it was set for 07:45 hours. So I reset it to 07:10 hours. I then got my jacket, hat, and suticase and took them out to the kitchen. My mother had gotten my lunch and Gatoraid bottles together for me. I then got in my car and left around 07:31 hours and headed to Lykens to go to work. I got there and parked and went inside and put my stuff in the fridge and then clocked in. Carl and Wertz were still sleeping and I let them sleep. Jim then came in and surprisingly, he was not loud. I then did a rig check on 6-3 and then came back inside and ate my breakfast. Carl's cell phone went off and that woke him up and then Wertz got up. Carl left and then the three of us talked for a little bit and then Flipper called up to see if we were going to Special Place for breakfast, which Jim said to give us 15 minutes. Wertz then left and then we left and headed on down to Special Place. We got there and I had a glass of water and a side order of bacon and a side order of white toast. After we had all paid, the tones went off for ALS to assist on an accident call in Upper Paxton Township. Tim and Steve got in the squad and went down to that. We then headed back to the Eville station so I could pick up some supplies to take back up to Lykens. I picked up a new "D" tank and then some ALS supplies. I also put away some of my supplies that had come in. We then left and headed on back up to Lykens. I stopped at Wal-Mart so Jim could look for something and then we headed back up. We got there and then I got on the computer to order some supplies and also check on some prices. I then ate lunch and watched TV. Keli from Tri-Anim then called back and I talked to her about the Pediatric AED Pads. Then around 14:00 hours the tones went off, but we had no voice. I had the phone in my hand to call down to the Eville station when County dispatched again for a call in Millersburg. We later learned that there were actually two calls in Millersburg. Flipper went to the one call at SLV and got placed in service and then took the other call in Millersburg. Abouy 3 minutes later, the tones went off again for breathing problems in Mifflin Township. Tim and Steve took that call. Steppler then called in to Jim and called off for the night shift, which I knew he would. Jim then said he wanted to go over to the Gratz Auction. So we went over there and he got food to eat and to take home. I got a slice of pizza to eat and that was it and then we headed back down to the Eville station. Once there I gave Steve the broken cell phone from the Lykens Station and then I saw that more of my supplies had come and I put them away and then we headed back up to Lykens. Once back in the station, I got back on the computer to check on things and was on there until around 19:30 hours. Jim had gotten Audrey to come in and do the night shift down at Eville with Flipper and he moved Tim up to Lykens with me. Tim then got there a little before 20:00 hours and I told him that we needed to head back down to Eville to take Flipper the Supervisor cell phone. We left around 20:40 hours and headed on down. Now it had been snowing since about 15:00 hours and there was close to a good 1/2 inch on the ground by now. I took it slow as the roads were not the greatest. Just outside of Lykens and just into Washington Township, a pick up had stopped in front of us to make a left hand turn. I applied the brakes and the unit started to slid on the roadway. Tim made the comment that this was not going to be good. I saw a small opening beside the pick up on the right hand side and turned the wheel that way. I manged to squeeze the unit between the truck and two mailboxes and come to a stop without hitting anything. After I got by breath back, we continued on down to Eville, going slower then the 20 mph I was going before. We got down to Eville and I slid in the rear parking lot. We then took the cell phone and paperwork inside and then we left to head back up to Lykens. We stopped at Jo-Jo's to grab something to eat. I got the chicken tender dinner and two slices of cheese pizza. I then ran over to Koppy's while my dinner was being made and got a 1/2 gallon of Guers Orange Drink and a can of Pringles chips and then headed back over to Jo-Jo's. Once we got out food, we continued on back up to Lykens. Right after we had passed the R&K Diner, we saw a utility type looking truck, laying on it's side in a ditch along the side of the road. We stopped and slid again and we went back to check to see if anyone was injured. The driver was out and said he was fine and that PSP was already notified and on their way along with a wrecker. We then continued on back up to Lykens. Once we got there, we ate dinner and watched TV. I had not grabbed Season 2 of Emergency because I did not think I was going to be working with Tim last night. Earlier while we were on our way down to Eville, we heard over the fire radio Colonial Park get toned out for a plastic butt fan on fire outside of the PCN Bank. Me and Tim had a good laugh about this. Well after I finished my dinner I took the trash out to the can in the bays. Tim had smoked about 20 minutes prior to me going out. When I opened up the door, I smelled smoke and I thought it was strange since the truck had not been run while parked inside. So I turned to go towards the trash can and I saw smoke coming up from beside the water fountain. I put my trash in the can and saw that the butt can was smoking. I opened the door up and yelled into Tim that he had set the butt can on fire. He got up and we both went out and he picked it up and used the water from the water fountain to put it out. We both had a good laugh about it and then went back into the day room. Tim then laid down on the bottom bunk and I laid down on the couch and ended up falling asleep. I woke up around 02:10 hours and Tim was not there, so I knew he was out in the back of 6-3 sleeping. I then got up and had the other slice of pizza and then went back to bed. Then around 07:50 hours, I heard the fire tones over Lykens radio for an accident with injuries on Armstrong Valley Road. I heard the Engine go responding and then Jason Faust put them in service. The phone then rang and Tim answered it. It was 08:01 hours and neither of our relief's were there yet. Tim got off the phone and said that John was on his way up as he forgot what station he was at. Kuntz then showed up and then John came in. Once John got there I clocked out and then we were all talking. Kuntz called down to Jim to see if he was going to go eat breakfast and he said yes. Kuntz then went out to his car to get something. I then heard over the fire radio, 29 get dispatched to an accident with ejection on North River Road. I made the comment that there goes Jim and John said for what and I said and accident with ejection in Halifax Township and about that time the tones went off. They got in 6-3 and decided to head on down through to give Jim a hand. It did not sound good from the beginning. One vehicle had rolled over and the female driver was ejected out of the vehicle and landed in the creek below. They had Life Lion in the air and were going to land them in the parking lot of the Community Banks Operations Center. I left my fire pager open to listen to it on my way down to Eville. I got to the Eville station and when I went inside I heard Jim call a Signal 12. I then picked up my check and talked a little to Audrey and O'Neil and then headed on home. I stopped at the fire house to get the times and info from the call so I could update the website and then headed on home. Once at home I changed into my pj's and went back to bed to get some more sleep. I got up this afternoon around 13:50 hours and I took a shower. I then got on the computer to do a few things. I then ate dinner and am now getting ready to hit the old email and surf the net. I will be on late tonight so if any sexy ladies want to talk to me, just give me a buzz.