Weekend Catch Up

Dumas

After the tornados Saturday in Dumas several calls went out for help from the news stations. Not trusting them I called EASI and asked them what they had heard. With radios and phones being down in the Dumas area, they didn't have a good idea, but said they were sending one truck to check it out. I then called the State Health Department and asked if Dumas was requesting mutual aid, they replied that ADEM was requesting help. Knowing that there would be no communications after we got there, I asked the on-duty supervisor to give me one truck, and I took 908. After getting there we discover that the local EMS had things under control. There was a lot of devastation, but fortunately there was no loss of life (as of this writing). And only about 20 treated for injuries at that point. We took the opportunity to visit a few EMS folks from around the state that we hadn't seen in a while. We then made our way back home. It was no more dramatic than that.

Units
130 came back from getting a new motor this morning. 318 left to gets it motor right after that. We hope to have the new 126 fully in service by the end of the week.