Ladder 1 our tiller is back from Pa. She returned sometime last night. A sight for sore eyes, now if we could just get her back in service. The cab was lifted to check the oil after her trip.
Today we had to ship Hunt to 11, Smiley to 2 and Joe to 11.
Remember last week when we received all that snow? "The most in a few years"? Well, today it was going to reach into the upper 70's. Some of the boys decided to ride their bikes into work and take advantage of the beautiful weather. Once we finished our normal morning chores we were asked to rinse down the front apron that was still covered with salt. This may have been an easier task if we would have had some water pressure, but we made due with what we are given.
Once we finished with the front, we headed to the back. Before getting started we asked Becky to move a couple of the bikes to the front of the station. Becky used to be an avid rider but those days are in the past.
Smiley says it takes a real man to ride his bike but Becky wasn't impressed with the weed eater.
I did hear that she was fond of moving Randy's bike to the front of the station so we could finish washing out the back aprons.
With Ladder 1 back in the station we decided that she needed a thorough cleaning before she was restocked and put back into service.
Chief Beckner brought his ranger in with his pressure washer so we could give the ol' girl a scrub down since she has not been washed since mid October.
Cheif Barker stopped by to go over some strategy and tactics with Chief Beckner. Here you see the two of them enjoying the nice day and arm chair quarterbacking the proper techniques used in a high pressure washer.
We had another visitor stop by today and many of you will remember Sport. He used to work with us about 6 years ago before re-locating to the Henrico Fire Dept. Sport has not changed but his boys have (not pictured) it seems like last week when Decker was wrestling them in the back yard at Station 2. Now Decker says he doesn't want to hurt them and get them in trouble but I think Sport's oldest might take him. Here is a small reunion shot with Sport. He wanted to let any one interested know that they are accepting applications in Henrico.
After finishing what we could do on the ladder truck we put her back in the bay and let the compartments air dry. It was the first chance to actually enjoy the nice day, hard to believe last week it was in the 30's and we had 8 inches of snow Monday.
Chef Decker never gets to rest as we can see here. He fixed another great meal with ham, potato casserole and creamed corn.
After dinner we ran a couple calls but nothing to brag about. We are settling in hoping for the night to be nicer than the day.
