The NEW Engine 4

We finally got the new Engine 4. I got to work two days on it, since I worked over for TJ on B shift. It's got lots of room, and we finally have A/C. I really like it.

Pictures from Rescue Training

Here are the photos I said I would be putting up. I thought I had more, but I guess not.

Weisberg...ready to do it

Me...ready to eat

That's along way up there.

Mandatory Physical Assesment

Got back to the station from my physical and the guys were getting ready
for mandatory physical assesments. I did mine and there are some things
I need to improve on.

Body fat was 13%
Max Bench was 190 pounds
Resting heart rate was 55
After 5 minutes of stepping heart rate was 101
57 situps in one minute

I definitly need to get my body fat down.
--Nick Cates

Physical

This morning I have my yearly physical. Not really looking forward to it
since I am a little on the color blind side...we'll see how it goes.
--Nick Cates

Last Shift

So last shift (Friday 9/19/2008) we had Rescue Training for the better part of the day. We did tower rescue (I'll post pictures asap) which was alot of fun, but pretty hard work. It got a little hot too in the afternoon.

We had a couple of runs after dinner and then all hell broke loose. We ran all night. Which is really abnormal for downtown on a Friday night. Usually there's no one around. We made 6 runs through the night, which equated to very little sleep.

Its a girl!

Well we went today to find out what we are going to have and once again
I was right. When are people going to understand that I am usually
always right.

Melissa thought it would be fun for just the doctor to look and right it
down in this little card she got. We went to dinner tonight with
Melissa's family and a few of our close friends. We opened it up all
together and found out all together. It was a pretty neat little idea.
--Nick Cates

Old Friends

I know I haven't been the best guy in my 27 years. I've done things I shouldn't have and I haven't kept in touch with alot of my friends.

Now I have the chance to change some of that. One of my old classmates created a website so we could all stay in touch and get ready for our 10 year reunion. I know this website will help me get back in touch and hopefully this time I'll do better about staying in touch.

Check it out...and if your a Skyline grad...SIGN UP!!


www.skylinehighschool1999.com

Rescue Call

I was able to find an article on the call that Rescue ran on. We didn't do anything, they just called for us as a precautionary.

http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=8990158

BIG Car Wreck

We had a really busy shift last shift. It rained all day, so we had 4 car wrecks, 1 Rescue Task Force car wreck...and there were car wrecks ALL day across the city.

Anyways...our car wreck was pretty nasty. It was a head on collision with one person being trapped. I got to be on the jaws and cut him out of the car, but the car was so smashed up on him it didn't really help much. We were finally able to get him out and headed to the hospital.

Here's a link to the story and a few photos.

http://www.newson6.com/global/story.asp?s=8985039

Class 108 Video

I finally went and got a copy of our class DVD. I don't know how I figured it out, but I was also able to upload to a few sites. SO here it is. Long overdue.

Car Wreck

Pretty crazy car wreck we had last shift. People were real lucky, could
have been a lot worse for everyone involved. This is the car wreck that
Ladder tried to beat us to.
--Nick Cates

OOPS!!

We got a drop for a car wreck and the Ladder guys tried to beat us out
the door. Problem was the door wasn't all the way up. OOPS!!
--Nick Cates

Labor Day

I'm at the station today. We're hoping its gonna be a slow Labor Day.
Yesterday, it was a crazy day for C shift, so only time will tell.

We're planning to smoke some meat and have E 5 over for a big dinner
tonight.
--Nick Cates