Thank You LFD!
Sincere notes from people who didn't need to say anything.
Generally people call the fire department when things are at their worst. We meet people when they are in crisis: an injury, severe medical problem or everything they own might be threatened by fire. We don't do what we do for the thank you's. In fact, it can take a while for people to process the .... "what just happened" of an event. Occasionally we receive a note or a card. It is nice to hear from people (in calmer times) how much our jobs can affect them.
Our reply: ...
you're more than welcome!!
A fire in a oil distribution center generally does not have a fast resolution. In this case LFD responded to the multiple alarm fire and held it to the building involved. A building full of various petroleum products! Mutual aid was recieved to supplement LFD. That included a crash-fire rig from Captial City Airport to apply large amounts of foam. Surrounding storage tanks were kept safe. Public works and a well trained staff at Spartan Oil were able to contain most of the contaminated run off.
The day after the fire this sign was in front of the OPEN BUSINESS!
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