C Shift going on break

Slow day for Station 2.  SFF Huffman and his gang kept the city safe running the majority of Salem's calls while Station 2 continued our station renovations.  The expected blizzard conditions never materialized leaving us mostly rain instead of snow. 

The St Patrick's Day shirt has been sent to several printers to see who can offer us the best price.  I'll have the specific details next week.

 

Thanks again to Senior firefighter Huffman for his dedication to duty and hard work these last few days. 

 

-Barger

Return of B Shift

After a nice 5 day break, B Shift returns to the grind.  A few house chores, and a ride to Station 1 to start the day then it was time to help Lt Coe on the station improvement project.

The bed out of the old Lt's room was moved upstairs to it's new home (insert the theme to the Jefferson's here, if you are old enough to remember the show).  Other than a few item needed for the Lt's office/bedroom, that part of the project is complete.

A few days of priming, painting, and drop ceiling work will finish up the upstairs part of the project hopefully by the end of the week.


* Attention Attention

A belated congratulations goes out to Matt Rickman and his wife on the birth of their daughter Emma 6 lbs 15 oz.  19 inches long.  Mother, baby, and daddy are all doing well.


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A phone was received this morning at shift change to advise the blog writers that very important information was left out of Erin Barger's post about the fire on C Shift.  It seems that Johnathan Huffman's name was left out and he felt that he was not recognized for his effort on the attic fire.

Today Johnathan Huffman we the crews of 2 House recognize you.

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

Adventures with A Shift

Here we are, another hell week put to bed, but not without a lot of progress on construction. We had a lot of time to work today, only 1 EMS run for the Rescue Engine(so far anyway)  Nice job on your fire C shift and even better job with t-shirts.

The old office is no more ! Only tile as a reminder of what once existed. I would like to give Lieutenant J.C. Clifton props for his office and TV room that stood for 20 years. Thanks J.C. !

The computers and office are up and running. The drop ceiling in the exercise room will go up Friday with help from some of our brothers from # 1 and 3. Looks like a week of painting and sanding for B-shift. Until Friday. Stay safe,  don't become a statistic!

Smitty

C Shift Sunday!

We kept the bunk room projects in full swing today.  The floor is complete and most of the baseboard is down.  The Lieutenants should be sleeping in their new room any day now.  Station 1 had a fast knock down on a house fire this afternoon.  Good job fellas.  Rescue Engine 2 assisted the Medic and continued to work on the St. Patrick's Day shirt.  The final design will be worn with both pride and a humor. Thanks for all the positive feedback.  

The back image is shown here while the front will simply be the SFD letters on the left chest.  

Stay safe - Barger

Stay tuned for more 2 House station improvement action!

Friday January 21

2 House ran smooth under SFF Haynes's command.  A few medic assists kept us out of the house but we still managed to put down some fresh paint in the Lt's room. 
St Patty's day shirt should be complete by Monday.  My thanks goes out to the tireless dedication of SFF Faulkner and SFF Haynes in keeping me entertained throughout the design process.  I think it is going to be something everyone will be happy to wear. - Erin Barger

B shifts last day

Wednesday...Last day before 5 day break for B Shift.  Good progress was made on the station improvement project, with the help of Lt Tracy Coe and Sr FF Jeremy Hartman.  I have learned that drywall sanding is no fun, drywall dust tastes bad, it covers everything, and turns into a form of paste on ones freshly shaven head after a bit.  I looked like a big freakin' powdered gingerbread man!

The rugby players/fans that read the blog will understand the video.




The shift was not bad at all, the piggy bank was in and out during the day, the Rescue Engine had a gas leak run with Station 1 and a few EMS assist scattered here and there, vacation sign up and the usual house chores.
The piggy bank crew got up in the wee hours of the night for a run of interesting nature, and brought back the quote of  "ma'am...Me taking a look at that, is not going to help me or you.  Would you like to go to the hospital?"
Life on the East Side, expect anything...

Stay safe!  "Train like your life depends on it...because it does!"

The return of A Shift

A-Shift is back !

Another 5 day break has drawn to a close and it's back to work. Progress went slow today on station improvements with 5 EMS assist. Deputy Chief Prillaman stopped by today to say hi and show his appreciation for the work that we are putting into project.

 

By the way, I wanted to say to our neighboring brothers(Roanoake City) on B-shift "damn good stop on the Days Inn fire" Now, I know that doesn't sould like a whole lot coming from me, but it really sounded like you guys had to dig in and eat some grit on that one. It's nice to know that you guys have our back on automatic or mutual aid alarms. Until next time, lets keep it code 18.  - Smitty