So, I worked Christmas Eve this year. I had an overtime captain and my usual firefighter. We got our food shopping done early in the morning and even then the store was pretty crowded and crazy. We thought we might be in for a crazy day.
Turns out that we only had one medical call during the shift, which was nice, because I usually get at least one code-blue around Christmas time every year. Beyond that, the most excitement we got was when an apartment fire in a Senior Living complex came in in the next district over. It was close to the border of our district but we were not on the first alarm, which was frustrating because it was so close. But, we couldn't just assign ourselves to the call without causing problems (and probably getting in trouble). We knew we would be the first engine in if it went to a second alarm. We grabbed a radio and listened in on the tac channel. Rigs started to arrive and they had smoke showing and were grabbing a water supply. We quickly donned our gear and rushed out to the rig to await the inevitable second alarm. Unfortunately (for us, anyway) it never came. They quickly got it under control and released the other units.
We put our gear away and were able to relax again.
We slept peacefully through the night, which has become unusual at my station, and came home to our families on a chilly Christmas morning.
Merry Christmas everyone.
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