Wild Weather

It has been a crazy week of wild weather with more to come. This weather system has kept members of the Sooke Fire Rescue Service hopping as call after call continues to come in. It all began with icy roads which contributed to a number of crashes. One spectacular crash on West Coast Road had a pick roll over 3 times before coming to rest in the trees. The driver escaped unharmed. Just as crews were clearing from this, another crash on Sooke Road where a car hit and broke a telephone pole. While at this one, another reported crash at Gillespie Road proved unfounded. This was followed shortly by another car crashing through a fence on Sooke River Road. Then the snow started. It snowed and snowed and then cars fell off the road. It always amazes me how people get caught off guard and attempt to drive on poor tires in bad conditions. Oh well, keeps the emergency services and tow companies busy. After dealing with all of those related calls, plus the usual first responder calls, there was also a smoke in structure call which turned out to be a faulty furnace. This was the first emergency response made in the new snow plow vehicle. (by the way, the plow works great - Have you seen the new DOS Engineering Vehicles with their new graphics. It is quite eye catching) The next day the calls started all over again, first a tragic incident in which a body was discovered under the Sooke River Bridge. Firefighters assisted the coroners service in carrying the man up to the roadway. A cause of death is unknown at this time. Later in the day, a car fire was reported but was extinguished by the owner using snow and a bucket of water. Despite his efforts, the van is probably a write off as all of the wiring was burnt up. Shortly after that, alarm bells at Ayre Manor sounded. One of the residents had pulled the alarm. According to her, a sign should be posted above pull stations warning people not to pull them. Can't argue with that kind of logic. Just clearing that and another FR Call came in. And now I have just found out that a major weather system is moving in likely bringing more snow to be followed by heavy rain. With all of the freezing ground, don't be surprised to see some flooding next. Can't wait for March to start and this weather to end. Thanks so much to everyone who has turned out for calls in this. We appreciate your help.

And finally congratulations to Uncle Cam. His sister just had her baby.