28042011Echo

28042011Echo
Residential Brush Fire

*station alarm*
"Attention Headquarters: Light-Force. Brush fire in the rear of number 710 Keller Street. Cross Streets are Fourth and Third Ave. Time is 20:50. Dispatcher 1199"

EAT
Light Force 1: 710 Keller Street, Cross of Avenue 4 and Avenue 3. Caller advises an ember jumped out of a fire pit setting bushes on fire. Fire is in rear of the property, away from any structures.
Time:20:50 (8:50pm)
Weather: Cloudy, about 45°F
Concerns:
Restrictions: No injuries, don't make it to big (No extension into other homes, little-no extension to other properties, etc.)

" COPA, Pump-11 Responding, Time 2053. "

* The engine pulls out of the station and I activate the Siren. I roll down my window and breathe in the Night air. as we bob and weave through traffic. *

20:55

"Copy, Squad 1 responding."

*I jump into my boots, get in the cab, put my jacket on the seat and my helmet on the dash, and pull out of the station. I rev up the Q and blast the air horns as I pull onto the highway.*

"DCF1 responding*

*I run out to my truck, unlock it, hop in, and then I start it. I then throw on my lights and turn on my Hi-lo and come down the driveway.*