The Big Storm

I woke up around nine in the morning with a call going out, but I was not close to being ready to go on it, so I just went back to sleep. Then later a call went out for someone who fell in the same apartment where we had the fire early this month.

I went to the station and Wakeman was there. We went to the scene and got there the same time as the ambulance. We helped carry up some equipment. We had to package the guy and get him to the hospital. While there the guy, Barry, who called in the fire had called this one in. I asked if the dispatcher had a problem understanding him where the apartment was thing time. He said “nope, I just told them it was were the fire was.” I also mentioned that I wondered if that place had been built on an old Indian Burial Ground.

The ambulance took someone from the engine to the hospital with them so they did not need someone from Rescue to go with them. That was fine for Wakeman because he had to get to a lunch with some people in Colfax.

I went to work and another call came out. I went to stand by on that one because Wakeman was still out of town. When it was done I went to work some more. I worked on a bug for a little bit before going to the apartment at five to get some dinner. I fixed one of my mini-pizzas. Then I went to get some pop and head to training. But that time it was raining very hard. It was stormy with thunder and lightning. Just after six o’clock we had three fire alarms going off at once plus other problems.

All the people and the rigs were going on calls. The streets were starting to get filled with water. There was four inches of standing water on Grand. It had rained nearly seven-tenths of an inch in an hour. The rains let up and everything went back to normal.

We had NIMS training. We were doing the overview portion of the training. When it was one we had to get on a computer and take an online test to get a certificate for taking the class.

I went to Colfax following the training. I got some laundry going and then to the fire station. I hung out with Scott and David for a little bit. We watched some TV and talked about the call today. David was there working. I had seen him there and waved.

I told Scott that I would be responding assuming we got any calls. Right before midnight a call came out for an unknown medical problem. I went to the station and only one other person showed up. We went to the scene and transported the guy to the hospital. I made the cot as Angela did her paperwork. Just as I finished the cot we got another call in LaCrosse. I called the station to make sure we would get ILS to come along as it was someone with breathing difficulties.

We went code to the station to get Jim and we went to LaCrosse. I drove code both ways. It is about a thirty mile trip each way. Upon completing both calls I finally got home. I did some more laundry and then went to bed.