Blackburn

Hearing the instructions as we pull up on scene I park the engine and hop out. Rushing to the pump I get things set and wait to be told the line is ready for water.

Hearing the tones drop for us I head down the bay and gear up before getting in the driver's seat of the Engine. 'So a brush fire in November, gotta wonder how this one started.' I say making my remark as I wait for others to get in before pulling out.

As I'm about to leave I see Patterson show up. '230, as usual'

Texting back 'Report to the station'

((1-2 SHERIFF UNITS, SHILOH CIRCLE PARK, FT. SHANNON, EDP))

Shift Date: November 25th, Saturday Weather: 34°F high, 20°F low, partially cloudy, windy Fire and EMS Shift: 08:00 for 24 hours Sheriff Shift: Starting 12:00 until 22:00

Patrol: 204 - Corporal Wagner 205 - Deputy Allen 206 - Deputy Jones 215 - Corporal Hawke 220 - Sergeant Bruno Traffic: 251 - Deputy Clarkson

Entering the parade room with my coffee I see that I'm the first to arrive for roll call. First choice of seats, nice. Heading to the middle row I take a seat close to the wall and take a sip of my coffee.

Entering the duty room I rub my hands together to get them warmed up as I go stand by the heater. It's certainly the season when the mornings are cold.

Hearing that the suspects could not be found from the two units on scene I sigh and close the call as they say they are returning to patrol.

As I continue to monitor the call I hear from the deputies that they are in a pursuit of the goblin teenager. Quite awhile later, in what felt like weeks, I hear from them that they lost sight of the kid and were returning to patrol. Well, okay, another closed call I think to myself as I close this one.

As I listen to the call I hear from the responding deputies that they could not find the suspect and that they were heading back to patrol. Hearing that I close the call.

Keeping my eyes on this call I wait what feels like weeks until I hear the response from the deputies on scene. Hearing the words 'suspect not found, returning to patrol' is not fun as I close the call.

After packing up the ladder I get back in the officer's seat as the crew gets back into theirs. As we set off back to the station I key up the mic on my shoulder. "ERT, Ladder 1, show us clear and heading back to the station."

As the group down in the mud comes back up and hands the patient over to EMS I help the ladder crew pack up as it looks like they could use it. Busy shift, they must be tired as much as I am tired watching them.