Today I saved 6 babies, retrieved 19 cats out of trees, put out 7 structure fires, and helped a little old lady across the street.
Then I woke up.
7.50am. Time to go to work. I'm riding engine one today.
Yesterday was another story though. Yesterday we had a REAL fire. Oooooooohhh yyyyyyyeeeeeeaaaaahhhhhhha!
Around 4.30pm we received an "all call" page. This means that all firefighters, on and off duty received a 911 page to turn up to the firehouse. A matt track vehicle out on the ice road to Cape Evans was fully engulfed in fire. Excitement.
It turned out to be that the gas line had ruptured and ignited. Everyone got out safely and our guys turned up to extinguish. It was located about an hours travel from McMurdo.
Today though has been the usual routine of training and the likes. After lunch we headed out to the helo pad for a building inspection. We got to watch a couple of helicopters taking off. I stuck my thumb up, hoping to hitch a ride.
It was unsuccessful.
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