Fire and Ice

The Forest Fire

It was early in the morning when my pager went off. My fiancé was in the shower so I yelled to her, "Gotta go honey, I'll be home later, love you!"

"Ok, love you too, be careful!"

I got to the fire station and I heard the Chief say, "Round 'em up boys, its a big one! Call your loved ones and tell them you'll be back in a couple days!" So I called Ashley as I got in the truck. "Come on baby please pick up." She didn't answer, so I left a message. We got to the fire and three hundred acres had already burned. "I need men on that fire line now!" Chief yelled. The fire was in P.G. so my cousin Billy was there. My friend Andrew was an Ex-Marine that joined Dysartsville Fire Dept. so he was also there. Chief put all three of us together on the front line. I walked over to Billy and he turned and looked at me, "Hey C..." the fire was blown into his face before he could finish. He fell to the ground into the fire. I dropped my helmet and rushed into the fire to get him. I picked him up and took him to the EMS truck. "He has severe third degree burns so we need to get him to the hospital ASAP" said the EMT. I grabbed Billy's hand and said, "you're gonna be ok cuz. Ill come see you as soon as we get to go home". He looked at me and said, "what about you? You're burned too", "I know, but not as bad. See you in a few days cuz. Love ya man." I went back to the truck and checked my phone. I saw I had a call from Ashley so I called her back. "Hey honey" she answered. "Hey baby. I just wanted to tell you I won't be back until Thursday. There's a forest fire in P.G. that we have to handle. Im just letting you know." "Ok. Thank you for telling me. Be careful please. I love you" "I love you too sweetheart"