Emergency Stations – Fire

Anyone in BC, and probably many people across Canada (I don’t know how far the news has spread) knows about the wildfires in the BC mainland.  Well, the message came down, and my ship is standing by to send bodies to assist.  A number of our crew are now on 72-hour standby.

I, however, am not one of them.  My last PT test resulted in a failure, disqualifying me for “physically intensive activities”, which includes forest-fire fighting.  If, however, the members get called up, I will be taking over some responsibilities onboard.  I will probably be standing more duty watches, to cover for people going out of town.  It sucks, but at least I get to go home at the end of a 24-hour duty (rather than a 30-day firefight).