Not-so-easy….like Sunday Morning: Misc. work done around the house

This morning, after running a first due house fire and getting some much needed rest and relaxation in, the members staffing Company 33 for the day began to finish some tasks around the house. The first was the filling of the stations soda machine. Because Company 33 does not have an abundance of money most of the normal tasks like filling the vending machines is done by the members. Engine Lieutenant John Burns is tasked with “running” the soda machine and keeps busy filling it multiple times a week. John also goes to local bulk stores to buy the bottled products offered in our machine. All of this saves the department from having to pay a distributor and delivery man. 

Since the members paid tribute yesterday to a life member of the department that passed away, Old Engine 331 had to be put back together from the funeral service. The rig was used in the service to carry Mr. “Dad” McDermott from the Landover Hills Baptist Church to his final resting spot in the Fort Lincoln Cemetery (Last Alarm Gardens). Members spent an hour placing the hose bed dividers back into place. The McDermott family also stopped by Company 33 today to express their gratitude for our level of participation in the service itself. We explained that Mr. McDermott had given a lifetime’s worth of membership to our department and the surrounding community. We would give him nothing less.

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