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A Thanksgiving to
Remember...
By Kim Stellhorn Thursday, I was reminiscing about a Thanksgiving morning back about 30 years ago. Little did we know
that earlier that year when Dickinson Fire department totaled
out 2 fire trucks by hitting each other (one truck broad
sided the other), it would lead to a domino effect on
Thanksgiving day.
Thanksgiving morning
before dawn a 2 story house fire came in on FM 646 north around 2nd
street.(This was way before automatic mutual between our 3 departments)
It was blowing and going. Alta Loma responded with 2 trucks, and after
dumping a load of water it was realized they would need assistance, so
they called Dickinson, who sent a loaner truck they received
from Texas City. When it arrived everyone realized it was a High
pressure Jim Beam with no way of supplying water to the Alta Loma
truck. By that time the structure was really going and with no water
around, Arcadia was requested. Remember at that time we had no tone
alert monitors or walkie talkies. The morning weather had also created
a light ice on the windshields of personal firefighter vehicles and a
light fog hung in the air. I drove hanging out the window so I could
see.
We ended up sending
a pumper and a tanker to the fire, When we arrived with the pumper all
Alta Loma engines had left for water and we hooked up to the gated wye
on the ground and were the primary engine until we ran out of water.
By that time the 2
story was on the ground anyway.
What a way to start
a turkey day!!!
The home was located
in the general area across the highway where the Buddhist temple is now.
Edited by Brad Magness |
