Happy 230th America!

One of my favorite holidays, today is the Fourth of July. But unlike years past this did not seem like it was. The build-up did not seem to be there. It just sort of happened.

I started out the day with a call out to Johnson for someone who fell. Chapman and I went out there in Rescue. It was my first call to Johnson. I helped with patient care to the hospital. I was working in the back with Meow. Following the hospital trip Chapman and I washed the rig and put it away. We got our paperwork completed.

I was about to leave when Chapman came in and announced he knew what happened to the missing dumpster. Someone had pushed it over the hill. I thought we could use Rescue’s winch to pull it up the hill. I got Rescue out and operated the winch. We gently pulled it up the hill.

I went home and got ready for the Fourth of July in the park. I first got some lunch from Dairy Queen. I went to the station to eat it. The other reserves started to show up around four. I was going to drive the ambulance to the park with a couple recruits with me. But before that I was called out to drive the new Rescue to the park. It drives nice and has A/C. I was enjoying that. I got Rescue parked and helped get the flag set up on the aerial. When that was completed the full-timers and I went back to the station. I got my recruits and the ambulance and drove back up to the park.

I got the ambulance parked and started to set up the stuff for the kids to put on. We had people stopping by. I had my camera and ended up taking about two-hundred-and-seventeen photos on the day. It was mainly of firefighters and kids trying stuff out and getting in the rigs. I also got some photos from the top of the aerial.

A Sunset from the Aerial

A View of the Park

I went to the BBQ and got some food form there. I saw many people I know through out the night. CBass was giving out glow-in-the-dark bracelets. He gave me one. I saw Brian who I play poker with, and Matt from my softball team. The mayor stopped by, I saw Eunice, and Nicole from Freshman year at Stephenson. She was with her cat Diamond.

Because of lightning we lowered the ladder for a while, but closer to show time we put it back up. I got a photo before we put it all the way up.

The American Flag and Me on the Aerial

It was nearing show time. Keith, Aaron, and I went to the main field and listened to and watched Glenn play with the Kingpins on the song “Shout”. It is a tradition that he does that. The show was ready to start I was looking for a good place to sit. I got to the top of Rescue when it started, but within seconds I was told they had to leave on a call. I spent the rest of the show on the ground. It was a great show. Good music and lots of fun fireworks.

Following the show I helped to get things taken down. I was told of a patient and I was asked to take care of her. I looked at her, but there was nothing I could do. I did talk her into going to the ER however. We waited around for a little bit while the traffic died down. Then we went out Old Wawawai road to One-Ninety-Five. We came back into town via the South Bypass.

I only had one recruit with me on the way back. We stopped at the hospital. We got some new linen and picked up the backboard from the call from this morning in Johnson. But calls started to fly. I had Cy get back into the rig and we took off quickly to get to the station in case we would be needed. But as soon as we did stuff died down for the most part. I got the ambulance parked and made sure it was back in service and cleaned up.

I was ready to leave when VanNess asked if I could stay per Drew’s request to man the ambulance in case another call comes out. I stuck around, but no other calls came in. Soon Engine thirty-Two and Rescue came to station one. I helped them reload hose on the engine before I went back to the Deuce to call it a night.

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