Fire Calls at 1am

So tonight, well technically this morning, we were toned out for a structure fire on a bridge. I look at the clock and see that it's 1am. It seems like this situation was becoming quite familiar over the last few weeks. There have been a lot of these am fire runs, most turning out to be nothing at all. Of course I head on over to the fire station, knowing there wouldn't be much I could do, but I least I would be counted as a crew member now that I am voted in. But as usual, there were only two of us that showed up for Ladder 126. We had no driver and so therefore we weren't going to be going to any structure fire anytime soon. So we just sat there forlornly and pretended like there might be a driver that would eventually show up. No such luck. The call got tapped out before we could even dream up a driver. So I mosey on back home, now awake and that is why I am sitting here writing/venting on my blog. No drivers are no fun! Thank goodness John will be voted into the department pretty soon. We are one step closer to having another person who is qualified to drive.