Not directly related to Jamestown scanning, but we got a new firetruck at the rural fire dept.   Yea, we are pretty excited about it.

Some of us are doing training on it this evening, so hopefully I will have a chance to snap a few pics for here.  Seats 5 (with build in slots for SCBA’s), LED lightbar, and well just big.

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You know… one of the first things that the guys fill you in on, is expect the unexpected.

It’s true… that tickle in the back of your head that the pager can go off any moment 24/7 is interesting. Well it has been a bit quiet for calls in the middle of winter, so I guess I have gotten a bit lax. This morning I didn’t bring my pager into the bathroom and set it on the counter (like I usually do) when hopping in the shower. A few minutes later I hear Jennie yelling, and after a couple of times of trying, I finally figure out she is letting me know my pager is going off!

We were paged out for a car fire down in Ypsi. If we had needed a third truck, I would have gone out, but the first two got everything under control fairly quickly. I don’t live that far away from the hall, but starting from still being in the shower, does give one a slight disadvantage in making it there quickly.

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