Jim
Thank you for your long tour of duty to the people of Tucson. We lived in the county not far from the Drexel Heights FD but years back they didn't have the great equipment or station like they have now. They grew to be an excellent, well equipped department . My husbands job in the Marines was an engineer/explosive expert but also was on the base fire dept for about 8 years. My older son had taken and passed the TFD testing in late 1993 but he decided to re- enlist back into Marines. He is trained in swift water rescue and also an EMT .He's out in CA in the desert and canyon areas and like in Tucson during the monsoon they always have stupid drivers trying to drive thru flooded washes. The county calls the base when they need help. Last week he had to do a body recovery of a 78 yr man when the pickup the man was driving overturned in rushing flood water. But sadly it wasn't the first time for that, he's had several over the past few years, even a small child. I have seen on the Fox News channel today films of the flooding near Tucson and up around the Phoenix area of vehicles in water and some home floorings. Y'all made the national news!! We live in a midsize college type town about 45 miles from Birmingham AL near my husbands hometown. We have had a few days of off and on heavy rain and the local news has showed a few stupid drivers the last few days, never fails anywhere.
Thanx for the info on the Pioneer Hotel Facebook page and I will check it out .
~ Deb
