Craig Daily Press

gpb (Anonymous) says…

Brian-
Every year Craig Fire/Rescue has a membership drive inviting community members to apply to become a firefighter. Since you have such a vast experience and knowledge of how fire works, how it is affected by different building structures and many other variables, we would welcome your application during the next membership drive.
That particular structure fire not only destroyed businesses and had a lasting affect on many lives of our community members, it also put every firefighter's life in peril. Granted it is a risk we take but this fire could have hurt or killed someone. There were many firefighters in the burning buiding at various points making sure there was no one in the building and trying to find ways to save it. We feel the loss, like most community members, but in a different way. We are mostly sadden by the fact that we did our very best to save people's livelihoods and, in fact, failed in our mission. We work hard to ensure the safety of others and their property but also work hard to ensure the safety of each other so that each of us may return home from every incident to the arms of our loved ones.
So "Brian", next year, I invite you to put an application into the fire department and help us to fight fires "better" than you feel we are doing now. And I also hope that someday we are able to help you in your time of need and that you will be gracious enough to accept that help.

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