Smoke Filled Search and Rescue Training

February 6th, 2006

Today I did not get a lot accomplished. I am feeling a bit unable to concentrate because I was told last night that life saving measures for my grandma are being stopped which means the chance of her dying are huge. Pretty much a matter of days now. I am tgrying to figure out how to get out there and how to get my days covered. I am just trying to get things done but I cannot get into anything very mental. Physically activity I can do.

I went on a call around four-thirty for a delta response for someone who was having problems on College Hill. We took the person to the hospital. Once we cleared from there Dearth and I went to the Deuce. I was thinking about going to the training with the duty crew. It was then I found out I was actually part of the duty crew until ten o’clock pm. I did not have my uniform. But that was okay, I did not get it all sweaty.

I went with Chapman on Rescue to drop off a generator and extension cord for the training. Then we went to station one to get ready. We were told what was going on. We were to be the second rig in. Michael was made to an engineer and I started to help set up lighting and took the role of staging at one point.

But Michael and I were sent in as a RIT team to help get a downed firefighter out of the building. We got to the door and the people pulling the firefighter out were to that point. Michael grabbed the hose strap and it came loose sending Michael falling to the ground right next to me.

I made sure he was okay. He got out of the house and I helped to get the firefighter out. I spent the rest of the time out of the house with the staging job. Once the scenario was over with we cleaned up and rolled hose. The reserves went to Dairy Queen for ice cream and then back to the Deuce.

At the Deuce Dearth and the guys from the EMT class showed up. They were in the Ambulance when a call came out for a GSW. We were all ears and Dearth was talking it up, until he had to let the cat out of the bag. It was a BB gun wound to a hand.

I went to my office following playing Dan a game of cribbage. I did some stuff on my E-mail and grabbed my phone which I left in the office. Then it was off to Colfax. I watched some TV before going to sleep.


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