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The last two weeks have been slow for the CFD in terms of fire calls. This in turn has meant that the Clubhouse Gang has not run in on a call together for two weekends in a row. The crew did however keep busy by cleaning 154 inside and out, two weekends ago. The leftover time was spent watching basketball.

In other news some interesting dates are coming up:
Wanye's opens Monday, April 6th
Brewers first game is Tuesday, April 7th
Brewers home opener is Friday, April 10th
Summer is on its way! Maybe

Buzzed

Well it was a quiet Sunday for the CHG with no fire calls at all. Not having any fire calls is not a rare thing and is what normally happens. However the day was not lost. We got to sit out front and listen to the Brewers Spring Training game for the second day in a row. Our peace was broken by a rogue pilot of the Civil Air Patrol who thought they were in Top Gun and decided to buzz the station. It was no suprise to us since we saw them coming. That was all the excitement for the day other than doing a little clean up around the station.

Change of Quarters

Today Engine 163 and Engine 161 did a change of quarters. The CHG did this to give the truck (161) some much needed TLC after a rough winter. The interior was vacuumed, Armor-Alled, windows washed, and floor scrubbed. Nearly every surface in the cab was cleaned. After the interior was done the cab was raised and the batteries checked. The frame was also rinsed off. Before the cab was lowered the placement for the new hammer was located on the bumper. 158 was sent out to go pick up bolts to mount the hammer. While the two on 158 were gone some R&R took place while listening to the Brewers Spring Training game. Since it was a beautiful day the doors were opened and we sat out front. This was short lived since a call came in. 158 was first due from the hardware store with two. 161 was second due with five. Between the two trucks the situation was mitigated and we headed back. Once back at the station the truck had the hammer mounted. A food run was initiated after this and the badminton set was put up outside. After some badminton and food it was time to go home and call it a day. 161 was taken back to Station 1 and 163 brought back to Station 2.

Busy Sunday

Sunday, typically a day in which we get few calls, proved to be the opposite. The CFD ran a total of five calls. The CHG ran on two of the calls. Engine 163 was first due to a call in the heart of the City and was again first due a little while latter on another call in the City. The time not spent on the calls was filled with watching the race. That was easier said then done after coming back from the first call due to a power outage that cut off our cable service. The day could have only been better if the weather had been nice but that was not the case with the wonderful wintry mix we had.

Saturday Oooh! Oooh!

While the weather was not very nice, the day was still good. The day started a little latter then normal and nothing was done until after the MU game. Once things got going a lot got done. Truck maintenance the done on 163 and 158. 163 was in need of a lot of attention. Both trucks also had tool maintenance done along with SCBA checks on 163. After all the maintenance was done the badminton net was set up. Some mean badminton was played. The recreation was interrupted by a fire call. The Clubhouse Gang was once again first due with Engine 163. Engine 161 also responded. The call was not much of anything and all units were released after about half an hour. Some of the packs on 163 needed to be filled and other supplies were needed so we went to headquarters. After the supply run we headed back to Station 2. After off loading the supplies we installed a new flashlight onto the engine. While this was going on a couple of visitors came the CPD K9 unit. Once we were done with that we ate. Since we had got some new shuttlecocks we decided to test them out. Needless to say they were not up to the challenge of CHGCBL and began to fall apart. This pretty much ended the day and after writing this much, its time to call it a night I need rest.

CHG Projects

The Clubhouse Gang has been assigned with many projects. Some of the projects are minor and need not be listed but the major ones will be listed. Here are a few that come to mind:

-Hospital Recon

-Rural Supply Recon

-Strip and wax Station 2

-Strip and wax park office

-To be announced



I am sure more will be added to the list.



In other news nothing happened on Sunday expect that a new spot for the badmitton court was found.

The Beginning of CHGCBL

The Clubhouse Gang is beginning a badmiton league. We have know idea on when or who will be competing so CFD members ask if interested.

158 Responds

Battle Unit 158, Squad 153 and 152 all responded to a call Saturday evening. The large number of vehicles that responded was due to the fact that 158 and 153 were out practicing.

Busy Saturday

Saturday saw a lot of things get accomplished. A few of the gang saw a presentation for most of the day. A lot was learned by those that went and the information that was heard will be put to good use. The ones that did not go worked on Engines 161, and 164. The work done on 161 was minimal and entailed mounting a new flashlight. The work done on 164 was substantial and took most of the day. The fan for the compartment vent system had stopped working and needed to be fixed. First access had to be gained to the fan which was mounted in the pump house. This turned out to be relatively easy after a few minutes of wrestling with the aluminum tread plate. After we got in the pump house the fan was quickly removed as you can see in the picture below.

But this was only the beginning of what turned out to be a long project. As it turned out the old PVC piping that was connected to the fan broke off of the pipe going to the other side of the truck. That is what the white tipped pipe on the left hand side is. So it was determined that new pipe had to be installed. That was easier said than done. The pipe that went to the passenger side compartments ended up coming off from its connection and had to be fixed.

In the middle of the picture is where the disconnection occurred. Once this was all done the new PVC could be mounted. Once that was finished the fan was put back into place.

Here you can see the fan being remounted and the hero of the day, Rex. He was the one crawling inside the bowels of 164. The truck was quickly put back together because we had ordered pizza and we were hungry.

After we ate our food we began prepping for the new television in the meeting room by tearing out the shelving that to old one was sitting on and by touch up painting the wall. While this happened a radio was found so that the wash bay could have one. That was the day at Station 1.