“Thank God for the firefighters!”
By David Josselyn
On Monday, August 6, 2018, Cody Allen’s heart started beating a little faster. Cody is a volunteer fire-fighter for Central City, and at 8:07 pm he got the call for what terrifies many residents in our dry, wooded haven we call home, a fire in Russell Gulch. Cody is part of the wildland fire crew that engages flaming threats to the forested area in and around Central City. The Central City wildland crew joined Timberline Fire and Black Hawk Fire already on the scene of a flaming husk of a camper off the Pewabic Mine Road south of the City. The flames were finding fuel in the surrounding trees and Central’s wildland crew went to work controlling the progression of the flames. Two and a half hours later, the threat was not only contained, but extinguished, and the Central City wildland crew gathered with Timberline for an After Action Review to discuss what worked well and what could have worked better. Resident Donna Parman reflected the attitudes of many locals stating, “I thank God for the firefighters who left their families at a moment’s notice to save us, our homes, our towns, our mountains. Thank you, each and every one…including dispatchers…EVERY SINGLE ONE!” in response.
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