The Apple Cup Stays in Pullman

I got up this morning and went to Colfax for the EVAP rodeo course. I had to do it with one of the Ambulances and Engine Three. They were running a little behind, but because I was scheduled early in the morning I did not have a problem getting it done pretty quickly.

The rodeo was not that hard. Engine three is a very bad turn radius and it was harder to do the serpentine in it. Then I did the ambulance and that was easy. After that was done I went to my house and get ready for the football game at Martin Stadium. The Greyhounds were playing the Cardinals of Orting. They are in fifth place and they have an eleven and zero record. Pullman is eleven and zero but I believe they are ranked number one or two in the state.

The game started with one of the Cardinals getting hit really hard. Sanders from PPD and I were watching him on the sideline and we were worried about him because he was having a hard time standing. A little later I was called over to check on him. It was good that they wanted me to look at him. It was sort of a cluster, but while I was dealing with that Pullman was getting dispatched to things left and right. They had a structure fire, a car vs. ped accident, and someone who fell in Palouse.

The car vs. ped accident turned out to be fatal. I was worried I would get called out so I got a ride from Lester, District-twelve’s fire chief, to get my truck. I went back to the stadium. As it turned out Moscow Ambulance transported the person to Moscow.

I finished watching the game and Pullman beat up on Orting. Through out the game the announcer would give updates on the Apple Cup. If the Huskies were winning you would hear all the Orting fans cheer. When the Cougs were winning all the Greyhound fans would cheer.

When it was all said and done Pullman beat Orting forty to seven. Once again Pullman dominated the other team. It has been like that for them all season. We were standing on the field when the announcer let us know the Cougs had won the Apple Cup. We all cheered some more. After the game was done Jesse invited me to respond on calls through out the night if I wanted to.

I went to station one and worked on my paper-work for the refusal. After talking with one of the paramedics about it, he scared me about the whole thing. He told me how he would have handled it and how I should write it up. I ended up writing about two and a half pages about it covering all of the things that transpired around the event.

Then I went to my office and played some poker online. I responded on a call with them around nine o’clock. After the call we sat the the Deuce and watched the end of the UCS – Fresno State football game. Fresno was beating USC late in the game, but USC came back and won.

I went to my office and played some more online poker. But I wanted to get to bed pretty soon so I was going to call it a night. That is when a call came in. I decided not to go on it. But as it turned out things got really busy at one time. Like earlier today they started to get a lot of calls at once. They called for all full-timers to come to the station. Then they called for all reserves. I was down at Safeway getting gas. But I went to the Deuce and hung out for about forty minutes, until everything went back to normal.

Then I went to Whitcom. I saw Jamie and Merinda there. I talked with them and the other dispatchers for a couple hours and I talked to Jamie about the game and the injury to see how she might have handled it. I left around three in the morning to head home.