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Location: Halifax, Pennsylvania, United States

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Accident with No Injuries

I went to bed last night around 03:00 hours and got up this morning at 11:00 hours. I got out of bed and ate lunch while I read the paper. After I had just sat down to start reading the paper and eating, my mother came home from Harrisburg and I went out to help her bring grociers in from the car and put them away. I then finished eating lunch and reading the paper. I then changed into street clothes and headed up to the fire house around 12:30 hours to mow the lawn. I got there and parked my car beside the station and then went into the old fire house and got the mower out and mowed beside it and then parked by the back door of the fire house. I then moved my car over and parked it where I had just mowed. I then used the rest of the gas from the can in the station and a quarter of a can out of the gas can on the Utility to top off the tank on the lawn mower. I then mowed the lower lot first, the beside and behind the fire house and then around the hall and old fire house. When I was done I put the mower away and got the weed whacker out and went around the old fire house, fire hall,. station and down by the sign in the lower lot. As I was finishing up at the sign, I saw Bubba go into the fire house and open up the Tanker bay door. I walked up and put the weed whacker away and went over into the fire station and grabbed a soda out of the fridge and went over and sat down on the tailboard of the Engine. I told Bubba that we were going to need more gas before I mowed the lawn the next time. He then asked if I topped the tank on the lawn mower off and I said no. He told me to use the rest of the gas off the Utility and some off the Engine if I needed to. So I grabbed the can off the Utility and went over into the old fire house and topped the gas tank off and then I grabbed the can of the Engine and finished topping the tank on the lawn mower off. While I was doing that, Bubba poked his head in and asked me if I would close the Tanker bay door and I said yeah I would get it and he took off for work. I then put the gas can back on the Engine and then closed the Tanker bay door and headed on home around 15:10 hours. I got home and took my t-shirt off and put it in the hamper and then went out to the living room to talk to my mother. I had just sat down on the couch and took my shoes off when the fire pager went off for all available fire police to respond to the intersection of Rutter and Bastian and another intersection to assist with traffic control of an accident. I put my shoes back on and went back and grabbed my t-shirt out of the hamper and grabbed my keys to head back up to the fire house. My mother said that I wasn't fire police, and I told her that I usually go up to grab the Utility and the traffic signs so that the fire police have them. I got out to the car and gave Bubba a called and asked him if I should grab the Utility and the signs and he said he didn't know as he was trying to get ahold of Troy to find out what was going on. Here what happened is Jason called in as Lt. 216 again instead of Capt. 216. I got up to the station and parked my car and went inside and opened up the Tanker bay door. As I was doing this, I heard County say "go ahead Lt. 216", then I heard them say, ok. The tones then went off again for the Engine to respond to the scene, class 1 now. All this was happening while I was opening the Engine bay door up. I was surprised to hear that the dispatcher forgot to set the house siren off. I went over to my stall and kicked my shoes off and got my bunker pants on and then grabbed my jacket and helmet and took them over and laid them on the hood of the Utility. I then went around to the driver's side of the Engine and unplugged the Engine and started it up and then went back around to the passenger's side and waited to see who was coming. House then called me and asked me if I was at the fire house and I said yes and he asked me to throw his gear on the Engine as he was at the scene. So I went over and grabbed his gear and threw it in the back seat of the Engine. Dave pulled in and then I heard the back door open and Kenny came in. I got in the officer's seat and Kenny got in behind me and once Dave got his bunker pants on got in and I put us responding with 3. We got up there and Jason told us to grabbed the broom and a flat shovel. I got the two broom out while Dave went up and got the flat shovel out of the hose bed and Dave handed me the clip board and I took it over to Jason. Jason then told me to go get the information from the driver and I gave him the broom. Robby then came up and told me that he would get the information and since I had my gear on to go help wash the road off. Dave moved the Engine up and then we pulled 1 section of the trash line off and we washed the dirt and dust off of the road. What happened was a guy was towing a trailer behind him and was hauling modified stone in it that he had gotten from the quarry. He came down the hill by the Faust Farm a little to fast and the trailer got squirrley on him and it jumped off the hitch and overturned, spilling his load on the road. When Matt got there, he grabbed the skid loaded and used that to clean up most of the dirt and stones and then we got the rest with the brooms and then the remaining we washed off the road. After that we put eveything away and then we left and turned around at the old meat market and then headed into the pump house to fill the booster tank up. After we got done in there, we headed back to the station. Once there I put my jacket and helmet away and took my bunker pants off and put my shoes back on and then grabbed a run sheet out of the Utility and took it to the copier and made 20 copy's with it. While that was being done, I went and helped Schoffstall and Dave repacked the 50' section of the trash line and then put the original run sheet back in the Utility and then Dave backed the Engine in and I put the copies on the clipboard in the Engine and he gave me the report and I sat it on the desk. He then left and then I shut both bay doors and me and Schoffstall talked for a little bit outside. I then left and headed on home and just finished eating dinner while I watched boxing on TV. I am now going to go take a shower and then am going to check 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.

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