Tag Archives: Station 13

More on Chief Slayton, visitors, the Buckaroo and more…

First, I’d like to say thanks to everyone for the thoughts and prayers following the loss of Chief Slayton. The outreach from across the Country and throughout our profession has been comforting to many. I was looking through some of my pictures last night and came across a few I’d like to share. I mentioned that Bobbie and I were ...

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Why modern Building construction (design) SUCKS!

I’m SICK. I’m not sure I can say it enough to make ya fully understand. I think one of “Santa’s Sexy Helpers” must have “slipped me a mickey”.. LOL.  I’ve always said that if you ever hear that I’m in the hospital and really want to see (or cuss ) me, you had better come quick because it’s BAD. Well, ...

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More photos and the full story: Roanoke house fire

As usual, some of the posted stories on the house fire in Roanoke on Monday morning are not entirely acurate. I’ll try to set the story straight and throw in a few more pics. Rhett posted a nice piece over on the Fire Critic , unfortunately; some of his facts were off (imagine that Statter). Here’s the video again…   We (Engine ...

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Raw video and pics of Roanoke house fire

I’ve been calling my new house “lucky 13” and her name held true again yesterday. We should have been the “working fire” engine but instead was the 1st to roll in. An 81 year old man, who usually needs a wheel chair or walker to get around; was alerted by smoke detectors and escaped without injury. I posted the local ...

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