The City is trying to save money in every way possible. First they stop hiring, then they shut down companies - I think they are trying to balance the budget on the backs of the Fire Department. Now, you can’t just close a company, because it would be politically bad, so, they brown out companies. This gives the illusion that the companies are open because the apparatus is still in quarters and one company is still responding. This is my segment to be in the pool. That means I go where the vacancy is. Today, it is in the west end of the Valley, FS105.
Let me tell you about our first and only run so far. It was an elevator call. Someone was stuck in a elevator at the Medical Center. The only thing is I am thinking it is an Automatic Alarm. Yah, I should have read the printout, and I did, but I got Automatic Alarm on my brain. So, the guys go in and I am sitting on the rig waiting for a size-up. I hear nothing. I am waiting and wondering why nobody is saying anything to me about what they find. I finally looked down at the printout and see that it says elevator. I felt like an idiot.
I got off the rig fast and caught up with the guys and acted like I knew exactly what I was doing. I guess next time I should pay more attention to the printout. It never fails that I screw up when I am pooled out to another fire station. That’s why I don’t like being pooled.
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