"Smoke alarm chaos turns into firefighter’s commanding rescue—bedroom style."
Sarah froze under the wail of the alarm, lungs burning with the ghost of smoke as the door crashed open. The firefighter filled the frame—broad shoulders, soot on his jaw, the sharp scent of cold air and something clean clinging...
"Two people thrown together explore new heights."
Vicki went shopping. Her entire wardrobe consisted of two pairs of jeans, two t-shirts, two sweaters, functional underwear and a thick coat borrowed from a friend. Nothing that would do for this.Her insurance company had already assured her that the...
"Two people thrown together explore new heights."
“…traumatised.” Vicki flinched as he said it. Yes, that’s what I am. Traumatised. A silly girl responding to my Knight because I’m ‘traumatised’. She pushed back from him, waiting until he’d finished talking on his radio. “I’m not traumatised,” she said, angrily, as...
"Two people thrown together explore new heights"
His radio crackled. “Gerry, I swear to god, if you don’t get your ass down here pronto I’m leaving you up there all night. Do you have any idea what time it is? Becki will have my skin!”Gerry sighed. It...
"Will Hazel give the hot firefighter the massage that he so desperately needs?"
A dish served spicy hot is more vengeful than any dish served cold. I figured that out one tantalizing day after I discovered my husband of eight years had strayed a little too far.“He started seeing her a few months...
"It was just a short flight, but what a flight it was!"
I had to fly to Anchorage once for a State Fire Service awards ceremony. Because it was an official function, I had to wear my dress uniform. It was a bit of a hassle getting through security, but I made...
"Strangers with more in common than they realize"
A few months ago there was a big training opportunity for me to attend with the fire department. This event is held every year and because I am so new to this field it was my chance to go for...
Lieutenant Madeleine Johnson was exhausted, and properly so. She had earned the right to be fatigued. Sixteen hours she had been here with her team today, most of those hours spent outside on the nondescript lawn in front of the Public...
"Emergency management..."
Decorated with a fire-scarred five storey concrete building, surrounded with pitted pavement dotted with all manner of wrecked vehicles--or the husks of those vehicles. Two buses, one articulated, hung forelorn and broken on a hillside, windows long since smashed, tree...
"At the Parent-Teacher Conference, Tina comes up with a plan to help her father!"
My date with Daddy was amazing! First off, the weather couldn’t have been any more perfect. It was a bright sunny day, not too hot out and with the slightest hint of a breeze. A few light fluffy clouds broke...