July 4, 2009

At about 12:20 am my pager went off. Belmont Volunteer Fire Department was being called to a single vehicle rollover. I had only been asleep for about an hour. My heart was pounding. I dressed quickly and hopped in the car and drove to the fire station.

Bob was just pulling out in the Rescue truck and waited for me. When we arrived the Fire Chief and Fire Captain were there and Nick was on the way back with the big pumper tanker truck just in case.

There was no fire and Bob performed a walk around and determined there were no fuel leaks. The driver and 2 passengers were checked out by the ambulance crew but declined to go to the hospital. The DPS officers gave the driver a field sobriety test and apparently it didn't go well as they took him into custody.

We waited around for the wrecker to arrive. The wrecker arrived and turned the vehicle over and pulled it up onto the flatbed. We all headed home or back to the station. Those of us going back to the station arrived approximately 1 hour after we got the call.

This was my first Fourth of July with the fire department and I was expecting to be busy but this was the only call I had all weekend.

By the way, no one was injured and that is not blood but transmission fluid coming from under the hood. The final photo is from inside the vehicle. DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE. Luckily the driver is in custody and didn't kill himself or anyone else!