Fire Away
A fire
started on some grassland near a farm. The county fire department was called to put out
the fire. The fire was more than the county fire department could handle. Someone
suggested that a nearby volunteer bunch be called. Despite some doubt that the volunteer
outfit would be of any assistance, the call was made.
The volunteers arrived in a dilapidated old fire truck. They rumbled straight towards the
fire, drove right into the middle of the flames and stopped! The firemen jumped off the
truck and frantically started spraying water in all directions. Soon they had snuffed out
the center of the fire, breaking the blaze into two easily controlled parts.
Watching all this, the farmer was so impressed with the volunteer fire department's work
and was so grateful that his farm had been spared, that right there on the spot he
presented the volunteers with a check for $1,000. A local news reporter asked the
volunteer fire captain what the department planned to do with the funds. "That ought
to be obvious," he responded, wiping ashes off his coat. "The first thing we're
gonna do is get the brakes fixed on our fire truck!"