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"I don't know who started this but, My heart goes out to you. Thanks for appreciating what they we do!!


My father was a fireman, he drove a big red truck,
And when he'd go to work each night, he'd say, "Mother wish me luck".
Then Dad would not come home again, 'til sometime the next day,
But the thing that bothered me most, was the things some folks would say. A fireman's life is easy, he eats and sleeps and plays,
And sometimes he don't fight a fire for days and days and days.
When I first heard these comments, I was too young to understand
Cause I knew, when people had trouble Dad was there to lend a hand.
Then my father went to work one day and kissed us all good-bye,
But little did we realize, that night, we all would cry.
My father gave his life that night, when the floor gave way below,
And I wondered why he'd risk his life, for someone he didn't know.
But now I realize, the greatest gift a man could give,
Is to lay his life upon the line, so that someone else may live.
So as we go from day to day, and we pray to God above,
Say a prayer for your local fireman, he may save the one you love.

If u know a firefighter, or are a firefighter yourself, post this with the title "Local Fireman". IF u have any heart u would post this

Im not sure who posted this but my heart goes out to you!!!

Stephens County home destroyed in fire

By Pearce Adams Anderson Independant
Monday, March 5, 2007


Stephens County firefighters respond to a fire that engulfed an abandoned home at about 10 a.m. Monday on Jordan Road near Toccoa.

Photo by Pearce Adams

Stephens County firefighters respond to a fire that engulfed an abandoned home at about 10 a.m. Monday on Jordan Road near Toccoa.

 

TOCCOA, Ga. —

Flames from an unknown source erupted about 10 a.m. Monday, consuming about two acres of kudzu and an abandoned home, and threatening nearby homes and a business.

“I guarantee that somebody set it,” said Bryan Dooley, watching firefighters pour water on the blaze.

“The cause is undetermined at this time,” Carnes Creek Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Tommy Marcus said. “I suspect it was a set fire, but I have no evidence to prove it so.”

Nothing is left of the house near Jordan Road, he said.

“The roof was completely burnt away upon our arrival,” he added.

The home did not have electrical service, according to a power company worker at the scene.

Wayne Whitaker, spokesman for Georgia’s Fire Commissioner John Oxendine, said about 4 p.m. Monday that a call had not been made for a state arson investigator.

About six hours earlier, as firefighters positioned their trucks and unloaded hoses, Mr. Dooley, son-in-law of property owner William Pruitt, drove his pickup through a kudzu-covered field in a race to reach a storage building that was being threatened by flames.

Firefighters got there first and saved it.

Mr. Dooley said it’s the second fire since about November when another house on the Jordan Road property burned about 500 feet from Monday’s fire. Nothing remains from the first fire except a cement block foundation and charred remains of a stove and heater. A state arson investigator took a look, but was unable to call November’s fire arson, Mr. Dooley said.

During Monday’s fire, thick, black smoke could be seen for miles. Firefighters from Toccoa, Carnes Creek and Eastanollee arrived to find flames roaring from the crumbling structure. Assistant Chief Marcus said the flames consumed the house and about two acres, but firefighters stopped the spread before flames could reach a nearby truck and business.

The fire was contained in about 45 minutes, he said.

Mr. Pruitt said he has had problems with renters who owe almost $4,000.

“They put a sign up, saying don’t come here,” he said.

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