That's the motto of the firehouse that I'm working at today...Station 18, on the corner of Georgia Ave and Randolph Rd. And so far, despite the cold weather, it's definitely been a "hot" day!
Our first call of the day was for a basement fire. It turned out to be not much of a fire at all (an electrical outlet was just shorting out), but it was exciting! The next call was for a car accident with a person trapped inside their car. When we got there, this little car had lost control, ran off the road and banged into a tree. The guy inside was pretty beat up, with a probably broken leg and serious trauma to the chest. The rescue squad had to cut his car open to get him out. I got to pull a hoseline off our fire engine and stand by with it, in order to protect the other firefighters in case the car caught fire or exploded. They ended up getting him out just fine and whisking him away to the hospital. I hope he turned out ok.
In the afternoon, we went over to a neighboring fire station for some administrative business. While we were there, we got to run another call for a fire, but that was a false alarm. Excitement all around! The rest of the day has been fairly uneventful. When the truck company gets back from the call they're on, we're gonna watch "Nacho Libre." If anything cool happens from then until tomorrow, I'll be sure to update.
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