Just another day on the job

Yesterday was the second day of our tour, and it turned out to be a fairly busy one. It started out with the Mighty 7's being sent to the Nationl Guard to meet a black hawk, which was flying in a hiker that had fallen the night before on a trail up north, and suffered some neck and facial injuries. That was followed by a plethera of MVA"s, EMS's, and box alarms. It being the first day kids went back to school should have been no surprise for the number of runs. Some were to schools for alarm activations, and the 7's had two seperate incidents with kids being hit by a car while riding their bikes (back to back runs). Only one of them suffered any serious injuries, that being a broken collar bone, but they couild have been a whole lot worst. Neither of them were wearing a helmet. Amidst all of this, the Broadway boys managed to squeeze in some training.

Pawlowski's firstborn

Mike and Melissa are the proud parents of a baby girl. She was born Aug 21, and is 8 lbs. 2 ozs. Momma and baby are both doing great, and they are expected to be going home Thursday the 23rd. Good luck getting any sleep now.

Batt3 & 4 transfer

FF/Para Cole (without make-up)



Batt 3 lost another one of its members to a transfer. FF/Para Collins was sent to Batt 4 and FF/Para Cole has been moved back to Batt 3. We bid Collins farewell. Cole left group 3 about a year ago, and has returned home. Now that he is back, we have two "queen mothers".

Driver/Operator training

Yesterday was a make-up day for those on Batt 3 who hadn't completed the Driver/Oper training from a few months back. Lt Manning took out a few cones, and thanks to brother johnson, CPR was performed, and the cone is expected to make a full recovery.

Matson's firstborn

Congratulations to the Matson family on the birth of their firdtborn son Alex the 4th. Little Alex was born Aug 18th at 11:30 p.m., weighing in at 7 lbs. 8 ozs., and 21 inches long. I had a chance to stop by and see him today, and he is a real cutie. It's a good thing he looks like his mother.

There is a story to go along with the bottom 2 pictures. According to the nursing staff at the hospital, rumor has it that sometime during the night, little Alex tried to pull himself up and out of his crib, breaking the railing in the process. The nurses sitting out at their desks heard someone mutter the phrase "Oops! I'm sorry about that. I can fix that for you." When they went in to see what had happened, little Alex was seen sitting upright in the crib with Carhart's on, and a leatherman in his hand. I couldn't find anyone to confirm nor deny this rumor, but it sounds like something a Matson would do.

Congrats mom and pop.