[Loch-Ruadh] crash

[PBW]

Dunstan thanks for reporting yours, and your fellow FF's safety. If I havent
said it recently thank you for what you do; I shudder to think what life
would be like without the men and women who chose to protect us as fire
fighters (which I know being a fire fighter is more than just responding to
fires!).

Magdalea/Pook

> At 11:29 AM 8/12/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> >In case anyone has been watching the news today,
> >An Arlington Fire Dept. Engine (Pumper) #13  was
> >struck from behind by a suspected drunk driver,
> >while the crew  was attending to a previous accident.
> >I was not assigned to that particular truck, but I have, on occasion,
> >spent a shift
> >assigned to it.  My permanent assignment is currently  Station 7.
> >We Always park our trucks between us and the oncoming traffic for just
> >this eventuality,
> >and it paid off in dividends last night.   No Fire Fighters, Police
> >Officers or
> >those involved in the first accident were injured by this secondary
crash.
> >
> >Just wanted to let everyone know.
> >
> >Dunstan