Busy Busy

Day 1 for C-shift after a wet 4 day break and it seems A and B Shift were way too BUSY to post. That is OK because here at the Big Show we are all about being busy despite not getting paid to clean the station or the trucks or even train. Medic 1 was out the door this morning before 715 and Becky and Young Compton were not seen again until this afternoon. But every medic truck was BUSY today in the city. It seems as soon as they cleared the hospital sent center city they were dispatched with a engine somewhere. RS1 was called numerous time to let him know the city was dumped, it is a shame he can't twitch his nose or blink to produce a medic unit but that is another story.

Today we had a large Public Education event at the Big Show consisting of 78 kindergartners and their teachers and chaperone's.

Super Lt. Joe took LEAD and divided the group into 4 separate groups. It is funny how a 5 year old wants to see a couple things when it come to a fire station, the lights on the trucks and someone sliding the pole. Everything else is just a lot of words and their teacher telling them not to touch anything. But overall they seems to have a great time and even had their lunch on the back apron.

The tour ended so late we did not get a chance to go get groceries and ended up grabbing a sandwich from Firehouse Subs(no we do not get a discount). After lunch we stopped by Krogers before heading back to the station and review the pre fire plan of 920 Jefferson. On Tuesday we are going to be doing some High Rise training at this location and wanted to be proficient. After discussing our findings we headed over to look at the structure.

Tonight we had Lt. Conner step up to fill the shoes of our absent chefs and did a fine job in the kitchen despite Randy going after Hunt or throwing his plate at Conner. (ask Randy what his favorite sound is for more details)

After dinner we emptied the station running calls. We made it back a short time ago and now hope we can "kick it out for the night" Until Sunday. . . .