Medic32 said:
Oakhurst has finally got a guy as chief who made some effort to improve the department. But the problem is he knows just as much about firefighting as anyother tom dick or harry on the street. and with the reputation they've earned in the past no one will ever help them out. granted, they're the last people in the world i want to see on a scene but, that could all change if they come up with some common sense and some training.
2 years ago, Morgans Corner was like Oakhurst fire.... 6 or 7 rednecks got a couple of old "duce-n-a-halves" from the state forestry dept, and called themselves a fire dept. They way it worked back then was "Yall park a 'fiar-truck' at your place, 'I'll park one at mine, and if we see a 'fiar', then hopefully one of us get 'er put out!" Skiatook FD's nickname for them was "Morons Corner"
We recently had a change in the chief position, and since then we have made a complete turn around. we have had a complete turn-over in the firefighters, excluding 1 guy. 4 of us just wrapped up Firefighter-1 class and our pumper Skiatook Fire donated to us is schedualed to get out of the shop and into service Friday. Its amazing what a little common sense, training and alot of dedication will do!
Good luck to the new Chief at Oakhurst!