Fighting Fires
The last few weeks have
been anywhere from the 90 to 100 degree weather; the last few days have been
around 104. Just yesterday it got a bit hotter though when we had to put out a
brush fire. We were playing a card game of golf, when the neighbor ran over and
told us that the property, which is a few miles away, was on fire. We quickly
changed our clothes, loaded 20 people into a truck that normally holds 10
people, and raced over to the site. When we arrived we were met with clouds of
smoke and few different flames covering the property. We quickly grabbed any
buckets, water lines, pick axes, hoes, rakes, etc. and tried to tend to the
flames. The goal was not so much to fight the fire, as it was to prevent the
fire from burning the new house that was just recently built for the girls of
Remember Nhu. We were fortunate enough to actually prevent the flames from
burning anymore and allowed the flames to burn itself out. I have never had to
fight a fire before but it is the world race and anything can happen.
been anywhere from the 90 to 100 degree weather; the last few days have been
around 104. Just yesterday it got a bit hotter though when we had to put out a
brush fire. We were playing a card game of golf, when the neighbor ran over and
told us that the property, which is a few miles away, was on fire. We quickly
changed our clothes, loaded 20 people into a truck that normally holds 10
people, and raced over to the site. When we arrived we were met with clouds of
smoke and few different flames covering the property. We quickly grabbed any
buckets, water lines, pick axes, hoes, rakes, etc. and tried to tend to the
flames. The goal was not so much to fight the fire, as it was to prevent the
fire from burning the new house that was just recently built for the girls of
Remember Nhu. We were fortunate enough to actually prevent the flames from
burning anymore and allowed the flames to burn itself out. I have never had to
fight a fire before but it is the world race and anything can happen.
