I grabbed this list of odd 911 calls from Fire Engineering based on my county finally going to an enhanced 911 system. This will help solve the problems that I have previously addressed. You think we get no respect? What about these men and woman that are locked up in some out of the way place that we expect to peak efficiency from even when we are less than helpful. Here are their funny stories:…

I wish you could know what it is like to search a burning bedroom for trapped children at 3 AM, flames rolling above your head, your palms and knees burning as you crawl, the floor sagging under your weight as the kitchen below you burns.



I wish you could comprehend a wife's horror at 6 in the morning as I check her husband of 40 years for a pulse and find none. I start CPR anyway, hoping to bring him back, knowing intuitively that it is too late, but wanting his…

Well North East had a pretty good MVA today, at rt.40 and 273 intersection. Took one pt. to Christiana for trauma and one to Union with minor injuries. Wanted to fly the one pt. to a trauma center but by the time we thought of that it would have been quicker to take her to christinana by land, then to call and wait for aviation. We also got called to assist Singerly Fire Co. in their working house fire but I had to leave for work. So dunno how that went. I beleive that is all…

Many people don’t like to admit there mistakes, I just like the show off my funny mistakes so others can do that same one day in the future.

First of all a male and male does not work in the…

Sometimes people come into your life

and you know right away that they were

meant to be there... to serve some

sort of purpose, teach you a lesson or

help figure out who you are or who you

want to become. You never know who

these people may be but when you look

eyes with them, you know that every

moment that you are with them,…

On December 3rd, a LifeGuard helicopter was reported missing in Prince William Sound near Whittier. Onboard, Kenai resident, Cameron C. Carter was working as a highly skilled Flight Paramedic. Shortly after leaving Cordova Airport to transport a patient to Providence Hospital, the aircraft encountered adverse weather conditions and failed to report in. Following an extensive 7-day search effort, no survivors were found and it is presumed that Cameron made the…

Why firefighters get divorced .

We are just like everyone else. We get divorced over money, infidelity, insecurity, lack of romance, married to young, "I'm tired of being your mother" and all the other reasons people in other careers get divorced. But here are some added reasons.

#1. Jealiousy- It can be very hard when your spouse hates their job and the people they work with. They hate to get up and go to work while you happily bounce off to do the job you…