Well, tomorrow I will start my new feature and will call it "On Call". People have been saying they want to hear about the stories from work, so I will start sharing them. On the days I work, I will blog about the calls I have been on during the day. It will look something like this. This is based on when I worked Wednesday.
Call #1
Trailer Fire off of Hwy 471
Not much to this one. The firefighters managed to save the frame of the trailer. A space heater that was left on is believed to be the cause of the fire. All three dogs made it out and are doing well. No one was hurt, but a 2003 Ford Mustang perrished from being to close to the trailer. The front portion of the vehicle melted from the heat.
Standby canceled by fire dept.
Call #2
Trailer Fire in the Pisgah area
Ditto the 1st and 2nd sentence from the last call. Replace space heater with wood stove. There were three people in the house at the time, but all made it out safely. The chief of the first responding fire dept contacted Red Cross to make sure the family would be taken care of for the next few days.
Standby canceled by fire dept.
Call #3
Motor Vehicle Accident
This "accident" occured in the late afternoon in the Reservoir area. Found a car in the grass with no damage, skid marks or turned up soil from sliding across the grass. No injuries to anyone in the vehicle. Turns out that the driver had taken some sleeping pills earlier in the day and decided to go driving. The driver didnt recall the past two hours prior to the crash. The drivers 18 month old was fine.
Transported one to area hospital
This is sorta what I go through during the day. The calls will only state facts and no opinion, but if you read something about a call you want to comment on, please feel free to. An example would be Call #3....sleeping pills/18 month old.
3 comments:
Call #3... siiiiggghhhhh. You may be seeing her or her child again soon.
I read a story about one of the first two calls earlier this week. The house's owner's first reaction was "I can't hunt anymore" or something like that. Cracked me up. I'm sad about the Mustang.
the guy was very matter of fact in his description of what was going on. he said they were just belongings that could be replaced. he had planned on going hunting this morning and i think that upset him the most.
the hunting comment would so be my dad's attitude...
after he and mom lost "everything" to Katrina..(after a few months, mind you) Dad's attitude was ...'eh...more time to hunt and fish'.
Yes...call #3 types have to be the worst part of your job much like my hubby's part of the job bringing back dead and injured from Iraq....someone has to do it but it ain't pretty.
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