Time for an update, I guess?

It's been too long since the last posting. I apologize to the legions of fans who check this web log religiously and thank them for their patience. :-)

Anyway; it's been busy/slow all at the same time.

Slow: We haven't had any structure fires since the last update. However, we have had some incidents of note. A few vehicle accidents... thankfully, no fatalities. However one that sticks out in my mind: We were called out at 2:30am for a lift assist which typically means helping EMS move a very heavy victim. But at 2:30am and the location was odd: the only thing there was a Costco and some retail stores.

I get to the station and one guy has a disgusted look on his face. It turns out we're being called to the quarry across the street which is very very deep (I think somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 feet). So we're thinking .. ohh, body aka. pancake retrieval?

Turns out (allegedly) he was stealing stuff from Costco. The cops were called, he ran, jumped the fence, and fell down about 30 feet onto the access road that descends into the quarry itself. However, he ended up 3 feet away from the edge that leads to the 300 foot drop. We were called in assist with loading him into the ambulance. Now, remember: 30 feet is still at least 3-stories high so he did suffer significant injuries but he's lucky he didn't go over the real deep end.

As per media reports, he suffered some broken bones and some internal injuries.