Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
Serving all of Eastern Laramie County since 1908
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I would like to share with you a true story about a recent 911 call. During the early night time hours a call to respond to an emergency was received. As one responder drove to the fire station, another responder was spotted running as fast as he could down the main street sidewalk of town toward the fire station ahead. That man was a volunteer fireman who just left lifting weights a few blocks away at a gym. The doors of the station were opened as I parked my car and the support vehicle driven...
Fire season is upon us and it is true that one less spark could mean one less fire. Many wildland fires are started in our grasslands and farmlands from sparks caused by improper trailer chain hookup procedures. Recently while doing traffic control on Interstate 80 a vehicle towing a trailer was throwing sparks on the roadway because the trailer chains were dragging and causing multiple sparks. Luckily the roadway was wet and it was raining or these sparks could have drifted onto the dry grass...
Today it is hard to find those who volunteer to move forward and do more each day than they did the day before. Today's world has become a digital explosion of unlimited technology and the backbone of America. There are children with wrist band cell phones and now millions of computer chips are as small as a nano size atom found in liquids. But even today's modern science is not able to replace the miracles that come from within a human mind, heart and soul created by God. His formula of compass...
Have you ever questioned why there are not many stories shared by heroes in fire and rescue service? Have you heard how some people have done heroic deeds to save lives or property but never read about them in a newspaper or seen them on TV or shared in social media? There are a lot of these people in the USA and we may not even know who they are. Why? The answer remains a mystery to most of the population. But to those who do such deeds they just want to do what is natural for them because it...