Lightning Strike

Today I was covering for Reed at Pullman Fire. Wakeman was covering for Chapman, so we had two A-shifters and one C-shifter on call. During the day Wakeman and I went to a call at around eight in the morning. We got cancelled just as we were going to arrive on scene.

Following that call we went to EMS rounds and stayed for the OTEP training afterwards. So we were in Rescue all morning long. Shortly after EMS rounds people were going to lunch with Scharnhorst who was in town. It was at the New Garden. Wakeman and I went to that in Rescue as well. So we were running the town most of the day in Rescue.

Just before six in the afternoon I went to the Deuce to do some rig checks. Tadema and Wakeman showed up a little while later. We chatted at the station for quite a while. Tadema decided to leave. Before she left the parking lot we got dispatched to a call.

A couple hours later it was lightning outside pretty good. It was all dry lightning. Then I saw one that lit up the sky. I hear a loud boom of thunder. Within a few minutes we were called to a big tree on fire near Valley Road with a structure being threatened. But Tadema has to come across town. So by the time we got there the fire was nearly out.

We helped roll hoses and get the rigs back in service. That was pretty much it for the night for us.