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Tuesday, July 8, 2025 |
Wildcat Fire Department  
Date: Sent Tuesday, June 12, 2001
Category: None | Rating: 4.14/5 (118 votes)
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When a farmer in Kansas discovered his large barn with horses and equipment was on fire, he quickly called for the fire departments in surrounding
townships to help put out the fire.
Several fire departments arrived on the scene and were doing all they could to rescue the horses, equipment, and douse the fire--to no avail. The
farmer suddenly noticed an old, beat-up looking fire truck at the end of the lane with the words "Wildcat Fire Department" on the side. "Oh," he
pleaded, "please help me. If you don't I'm afraid I will lose my barn and everything in it." The fire chief said they would do their best to
help.
With that, the fire truck went sailing full speed, right into the middle of the barn where the fire was raging. The men jumped off the truck. Some
grabbed hoses and began trying to douse the fire with water, and some took off their protective coats and beat the flames. Finally, they had the fire
out. They straggled out of the barn with blackened faces and singed hair, coughing and gasping for air.
The grateful farmer ran up to them his face beaming. "Oh, I am so happy you saved my barn. I won't be in financial ruin now. Because you have saved
my barn and horses and equipment, I want to give you $1,000. Tell me, what will you buy with the money?"
The fire chief responded, "Well, the first thing we want to buy are new brakes for our truck!"
Received from Eldon R. Martin via Mary Ellen Martin.
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