A car accident at each end of the day

July 26th, 2005

I was woken this morning with the tones going off for an Delta response for an injury accident, car vs semi on twenty-six by the fairgrounds. I got up and went to the station. The ambulance was leaving as I got there, but I figured I would take Rescue if it was a bad one. Soon after the ambulance left someone was on scene and radioed that it was non-injury. I took off shortly after that and headed to Pullman.

Today was another day with LPX down so I spent a large amount of the time on ESPN’s online poker game. I played in some more tournaments. One of the last ones I played in I was down to about three hundred bucks. The others had a thousand or more. I battled my way back and ended up winning the tournament. It was neat.

I headed out at about five-thirty to go to Colfax for the fire department BBQ. I spent time talking to Glen from the PD, Zach, and Mike. I also talked to David and Scott while we were sitting together eating.

Around seven-fifty I left to go to Pullman. I called Nick and told him I would be in service from eight-thirty on. I was on engine for the evening, so I was not in my uniform like I would normally wear. I was at the office when the tones went out for a Delta response for an injury accident at Deadman’s curve on two-seventy. I was not going to go on it, and I had driven by the station so I knew no one was there, so I did not rush out the door. I got to Stadium Way and Grand when Nick called and asked where I was at.

I told him I was about three minutes out. He said they would pick me up at the station. I went there with a little more enthusiasm and then got on the engine. We went to station thirty-one to stand by there because the crew on the scene requested a second ambulance. When we got there we started to fill air bottles and waited to hear if we were needed at all.

The incident command requested that someone take utility thirty-one to station two and get the second power unit for the extrication tools. The one on scene was not working. So Nick and Dearth went code to station two and then to the scene. Travis and I were left to finish filling the air bottles.

As the units started to come back we helped to clean up and wash the tarps and other items. That took a fair amount of time. Then we went to station two and parked the engine. I went to my office and called Kristine. I went up to Camron’s place and we watched the Thomas Crown Affair. It really is Kristines last day in town. I was there until about two in the morning. Then I went back to the office and tried to get some work done. I E-mailed a few people and got some things with LPX underway.

I played in a few more poker tournaments. At about five-thirty in the morning I went to Jack in the Box and got some breakfast. Then I went back to the office and took a couple hour nap.


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