Posted by RayP(MI) on June 15, 2011 at 17:16:42 from (207.241.137.116):
In Reply to: Re: Fire!! posted by rrlund on June 15, 2011 at 16:41:32:
Came onto a pickup truck pulling a 5th wheel trailer load of straw on fire,along the road, one time. Fire department was using a bucket loader to push burning straw off trailer and into ditch. Truck was driven by a couple of teenagers. Guess what they were doing while driving down the road.. Would have liked to have been the proverbial fly on the wall when they got home with no straw and a scorched trailer. Bet dad had some choice words!
Another time, I was servicing a 2 way radio on a fire engine at a volunteer department. Asked the chief what the chances of a fire call were while I had the truck disabled. He allowed as pretty slim. Hardly got the words out his mouth when the fire phone went off. While he answered, I threw the truck back together. As he's diving for the driver's seat, I asked if I should hang around, and he told me in no uncertian terms to get up in the cab. Guess you press anyone into service in an emergency. Arrived on the scene: a grain field fire with a combine in the middle. Chief told me to get in the driver's seat and circle the fire. He got on top of the rig with a hose and put down the fire - drive by fire fighting. We got the fire out, and saved the combine. Fire probably from a spark off the combine. To this day, I don't know what gear I had that fire truck in....
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