Lucky

I've been pretty lucky lately. The ultimate firefighting experience is to save lives. I have a lady at church who asks me every week if I saved any lives that week. Normally, I just have to say that I didn't that week or that I lost a couple that week (bad weeks). But a couple weeks ago, I was able to say that I got a "save." A lady's heart stopped beating and I assisted with getting her back and she's alive today. People go their whole career without one sometimes... but, I got another one this week. Early Friday morning, around 2am, we were punched out to an apartment fire in Burlington. This is a big deal by itself, but this one said there were occupants trapped by fire on their balcony. We were able to get there in time to save this woman. We got her down and transported her to the hospital along with her boyfriend who had been burned. Not often do I get a save, but two in less than a month is not bad at all!

Burlington Fire Story:
http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/fire_23752___article.html/apartment_firefighters.html