Fire!

We started the day like any other Sunday, had breakfast, then got ready for church. Church went normally, I said hi too many people that I met last year when I was up here. I noticed David Pherson had his radio with him. Pastor Pherson and many others in the church congregation are volunteer responders to fire/medical emergency/accident. So, they get radios and if they hear anything, then they go to the site and help out. They have to go through training first though, so that they can get certified. Anyway, Pastor Pherson was the first to get involved with that; it is a good way to get out into the community and help out.

Anyway, the morning service went well. Afterwards, the Cobbs came over the Rick and Etta's house for dinner. And things were going along well until Sarah Cobbs's radio went off with a beep and then we hear over the radio, "There's a fire. . . " Sarah and her mom scrambled to action and are out the door in no time. We just kept on going as normal until Mrs. Cobbs called Mr. Cobbs and asked him if he could come. So, he asked if anyone else would come, so Rick and Dave (one of the other deckhands), and Jim (Etta's dad), Mr. Cobbs and I all got in the truck and drove over there.



I was able to help get a pump set up to help get the water from the river over to the truck. I helped run the hoses from the pump to the trucks and I helped with other things too. And then at the end I helped clean up, and roll up the hoses and put them in the trucks.

I didn't have my camera for most of the time because I didn't want to bring it with me at first, because I didn't have anywhere to put it, so I left it in the truck and then the truck got driven over to the fire station and got left there. So, I had to wait until I was able to catch a ride to the fire station, before I could retrieve my camera and get pictures. I caught a ride back because they had to go back to refill the air tanks. I helped refill the tanks, that was pretty cool, it was a lot like filling paintball CO2 tanks.

I was there for a little over 4 hours, most of fire men were there for just under 5 hours.

It was tiring, but definitely an interesting experience that I won't soon forget.

I have pictures on Facebook, they tell the story better than words.

Tim