First Fire
Posted By matt on March 16, 2008
I went to my first fire call today. I got to play gofer and then relieved one of the folks on the hose when he had to go move a truck. 2 1/2″ line at 30 PSI will move you around if you're not careful.
The call was an illegal burn. The Department of Environmental Conservation has been cracking down on folks burning stuff they shouldn't. So, I figure we'll roll up and there will be some citizen with a brush fire, no one in danger and will end up basically being good experience. Well, there wasn't any one in danger, and it was a good exercise, but it wasn't a brush fire. The owner of the land had gotten tired of the 150 year old house being there, had collapsed it in with an excavator and set the whole thing off. He did not realize that his “permit to demolish” is not a “permit to burn”. But, we put it out, got to play with the trucks and all is well.
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