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Location: Halifax, Pennsylvania, United States

Monday, November 10, 2008

Ham Dinner, a Code and CAFS

I went to bed Sunday night around 03:00 hours and woke up at 06:40 hours when my alarm went off. I got out of bed and turned it off and made the mistake of laying back down on the bed and fell back asleep. I woke up the second time around 07:45 hours and I got out of bed and changed into street clothes. I then went downstairs and grabbed the Pumpkin Pie and then got in my car and headed up to the fire hall for the ham dinner. I got up there and Martha, and LeeAnn were there. I parked and went inside and put my pie on the cake table and then went to work helping in any way that I could. People slowly started showing up, with Schoffstall and then Tonita and so on. I helped sit the applesuace out, get the creamer (milk) ready and move cakes around and other things. We started serving at 11:00 hours and the crowd had died down by 13:30 hours. We served over 350 people between eat-in's and take-out's. We then slowly started cleaing things up and then it was time for us to eat. I had 3 pretty big pieces of ham and then we went back to cleaing things up. We were finished cleaing things up by 17:10 hours and then I headed down to the fire house with Bubba and Lonny to work on the Utility some. When I got down there, Bubba was finishing up getting the orders for the job sweats and gear bags ready and then me and Lonny worked on getting the SCBA's brackets out of the Utility so they can go on the new Squad. I then left the fire house around 19:00 hours and headed on home to get ready to go to work. I left the house around 19:20 hours and headed up to Eville to go to work. I called an order into Jo-Jo's for two slices of siclian pizza. I then stopped at Koppy's and grabbed a soda to drink and something to munch on that night and then went over to Jo-Jo's and got my slices of pizza and then headed to the station. Once there I parked and took my stuff inside and clocked in. I then put my stuff and Gatorade bottle in the fridge and then did a quick check on the ALS and BLS supplies. Yeager then came in and Audrey told me that she was staying on overnight and her and me would be making a BLS truck and Tim was going to come down and him and Yeager were going to make a MICU. I then ran Audrey up to Koppy's so she could grab something to eat and then we went back to the station. Once there I read the Sunday paper and ate my slices of pizza. Then around 22:00 hours the tones went off fir breathing problems in Williamstown Borough. Tim took that call with 6-5. I then laid down and went to sleep at 01:00 hours and Tim came in a few minutes later. The tones then went off at 01:40 hours for a cardiac arrest in Washington Township, at Dauphin Meadows. We all got up and took off to the scene. We ended up doing CPR along the side of 209 for about 20 minutes and then medical command called it. The corner was there within 10 minutes and after he talked to the boyfriend and took a few pitcures, we helped him load her into his SUV and then we went available and went back to the station. I laid down to go to sleep around 03:00 hours after the 4 of us talked for awhile. I woke up at 07:50 hours when Jim came in and let the door slam. I got up and got the stuff back on my belt and got ny boots on and put my pillow away and then clocked out at 08:04 hours and got in my car to head on home. I stopped at Swab's and got some more pictures of the body for the Squad. I took a few pictures and then headed on home. Once at home I changed into my pj's and went back to bed to get some more sleep. April had come up in bed with me around 15:00 hours as I told my mother I was going to crash in bed and catch up on my sleep when I came home. Then at 15:19 hours the tones went off for the Tanker to go to Millersburg to assist 20 with out CAFS. I got out of bed and got dressed and grabbed my pager, wallet, watch and cell phone and then my keys and got in my car and headed up to the fire house. My father was already gone and was getting out of his truck by the time I pulled in. He asked me if all they wanted was just the Tanker and I said yes as I went inside the station. I kicked my shoes off and got my bunker pants on and then grabbed my jacket and helmet and went up front and opened the Tanker bay door up. My father asked who was going and he said that he was there first. I then saw Troy pull in and I said to him probally Troy and then Schoffstall pulled in and then Bubba and then Jason. Bubba came in and talked to Troy who said that he wasn't comfortable running the foam on the Tanker yet so Bubba said that he would go. He then said that whoever was going to get in awhile. I looked at my father and I said your still going to get credit for it and he said you should let me go since I am off today. I put my gear in the Tanker and then got in and off we went. We were headed to Coleman's Salvage and Surplus to lay a blanket of foam down on crates and metal and rubber parts that had been burning. We got there and they originally wanted us to flow foam out of our deck gun, but Bubba told him that we don't have the CAFS hooked up to it. We then said about using the RAM and then Mark, Chief 20-2 came over and said about using the trash line, which is what we did. We used about half a tank of foam and 3/4 of the 3,000 gallons in the tank until we finished with it. We then put everything away and headed back to 20's station to fill up with water. While we were there getting filled up, they got hit for a smoke investigation in the borough. They were out for only a little bit on that as the box was placed in service then as it was a controlled burn. After we got filled up with water, we headed into Shell and got fuel and then headed back out to the station. Once there, Jason, Andy, and Troy filled the foam tank up on the Tanker and I repacked the 50' section of the trash line that was used and then Troy left. Then the 4 of us shot the shit while Bubba put the report in the computer and then Andy left and then me and Bubba shot the shit. We both then left around 19:15 hours and I headed on home. Once at home I ate dinner and am now getting ready to take a shower and then am going 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.

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