Rescuediver1122's Blog – September 2007 Archive (2)

A firefighters Gloves

A Firefighters Gloves hold many things

From elderly arms to a kids broken swing

From the hands they shake and the backs they pat

To the tiny claw marks of another treed cat

At 2 am they are filled with chrome

From the DWI who was on her way home

And the equipment they use to roll back the dash

From the family of 6 she involved in the crash

The brush rakes in spring, wear the palms out

When the wind does a “90” to fill them with… Continue

Added by rescuediver1122 on September 9, 2007 at 12:19pm — No Comments

FireFighter

Your alarm goes off, you hit the snooze and sleep for another 10 minutes. The tone goes off at 2 in the morning he is on his way to a wreck with entrapment. You take a warm shower to help you wake up. Hes been awake for three days working at four different stations running calls all day and night and doesn't get to shower. You complain of a "headache", and call in sick. He gets burned or trapped inside, or while cutting someone out of a car something flys off the car and injures… Continue

Added by rescuediver1122 on September 9, 2007 at 12:18pm — No Comments