Views of the Neighborhood – Emergency Services

~ John W. Howell

Today, we are visiting the Travis County Emergency Services display. The purpose of the collection is to educate residents of the county on the services available. We are catered by Lynny’s of Austin. Our entertainment is The Ohio Players. It is a cloudy day, but the rain has stopped. We are early to the event, so most visitors have yet to arrive.

Menu

Sausage Biscuit – ham or veggie sausage sub available on request

Dana’s Biscuit – dark chocolate, toasted pecan, brown sugar

Toaster Pancakes – seasonal flavors, served with butter and syrup

Melon salad -melon, lemon vinaigrette, toasted pecan, pickled golden raisin

Deli Breakfast-  everything biscuit, swiss cheese, sliced tomato, fried egg, and a Pickle Envy pickle spear

Grilled Cheese – sourdough, Colby jack, swiss

Ham Slam- ham & swiss melt on griddled sourdough, with housemade chipotles and a fried egg

Picture of an old time school bus

Let’s get going

Pedernales district fire truck and a little boy.

Lake rescue unit.

Search and rescue team.

A fire safety simulator to learn what to do in case of fire.

A significant disaster EMS multi-patient vehicle.

Fire rescue.

Bucket crane for rescuing kitties and Dan Antion. (Just kidding. The buckets are used for emergency electrical repair.)

Good ole Lakeway police.

Car accident simulator for turnovers and water.

Special craft area for the kids. They will be building wooded boats.

Jump house.

Ice cream.

Bar B Que.

The bookmobile.

Music while we learn.

I hope you enjoyed the tour, and now it’s time for food and entertainment. I hope you have a great week.

 

78 thoughts on “Views of the Neighborhood – Emergency Services”

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  2. This is outstanding, John. I was enjoying the Deli Breakfast and being educated by your first responders, when lo and behold, there was a BBQ, ice cream and a bookmobile. You care about my diet, do you?

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  8. Bucket crane for rescuing kitties and Dan Antion…🤣 Give me another Dana’s biscuit and a black coffee and I’d be climbing that crane!
    I don’t think I’ve ever seen a car accident simulator before. Most interesting.

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  12. Thanks for the tour, John. It’s good PR for emergency services to do displays like this on a regular basis. Besides introducing themselves to new residents, they need to remind long-timers of the new equipment they’ve been paying for, ha!

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  13. What a wonderful community event. It looks like it will be both fun and informative.
    BTW, I got a chuckle out of the Dan Antion comment, LOL.
    And how cool they have a bookmobile!

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  14. Blimey who knew how much can go wrong in Lakeside; there was me thinking it was a picturesque and rural little space of peace and equilibrium. Or maybe I’ve read too many of your books, John and assumed they’re all based around you…

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  15. Wow, this is an amazing event, John. I’ve never seen a black fire truck, but the one in your photo looks pretty impressive. We’re pretty close to the main road and often hear the fire trucks and police go by. Great show of force!

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  16. It’s really good for people to view their first responders. My son’s fire station has an open house every October, with some real educational procedure demonstrations. That multi-patient ambulance is impressive!

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  21. I think this is a great idea, John. It’s good to know what these brave and selfless people are capable of doing. I’m glad they have the bucket truck (I hope they have my address). Actually, I think if I get to the point of needing this, I might be better off staying where I would be than being brought down to my wife.

    I’ll have a Sausage Biscuit – no need to substitute the veggie version.

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  23. Love seeing the teams that serve and protect your area.
    Rescue dogs always seem so proud to have a job.

    I won’t be having any breakfast today.
    I’m watching my weight incase I catch on fire, and the Ohio Players come to rescue me!

    🐂 ❤️‍🔥𝓧 ❤️‍🔥𝓧 🐂

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