Dorsey Carson's house caught fire while he and his family were traveling yesterday. The home was only partially burned but the damage was substantial. Unfortunately, there might have been an issue with the fire hydrant.
Mr. Carson gave thanks on social media:
Nothing but gratitude tonight. Our right hand, Aisha McKnight, discovered the house fire while pet sitting, jumped into action, and risked herself to save our pets. Our big Charlie Brown even knocked Aisha down to keep her from going back inside — though we’re still debating whether that was for Aisha’s safety or because he saw a chance to finally be rid of Cleo the cat. Huge thanks to the Jackson Fire Department. Your quick action and bravery saved our house — and our nine-lives cat, Cleo. We heard about your exhaustion from the action and heat. Thank you to our neighbors, who were calling while the fire was still raging. My mom, sister Jeanna, nephew Blake, and favorite carpenter Steve all sprang into action. Jeanna’s also my State Farm agent, and she had Restoration 1 (Fondren) at our house before the smoke stopped billowing. And John Curley was finishing up the tarp in the roof when we arrived just after noon. Wendy, Harli & Nate somehow wrangled all 4 pets to the vet. Shannon picked us all up at the Jackson airport, and Eric made sure we all had a good late lunch. Councilman Ashby Foote even called to apologize for the City because the fire hydrant was inoperable — not his fault, but a kind and appreciated gesture. We’ve had some tears. We’ll be in temporary housing for a while. But it could have been so much worse. We made it as far as Houston this morning, then turned back. Costa Rica will have to wait. We appreciate you all.
Kingfish note: JXN Water said the fire hydrant was operable.
4 comments:
The city always blame Jxn Water. The city blamed them
for the fire rating. I bet Jxn
Water has prove the hydrant
worked. They always document things.
I recall that the city has an ordinance (or JFD dept. regulation) that requires annual inspection of all hydrants. An Open Records request would reveal no proof. Great lawsuit waiting to be filed.
With all the problems Jackson Fire Dept has had lately (employees gong out and partying/getting drunk while on the clock, etc), did the JFD employees even know how to use a fire hydrant?
It's actually a hydrant, not "fire" hydrant, but that's ok. They are also used for things besides supplying fire apparatus. One example is filling water trucks.
But they can also be used to put out fires on JFD ladder trucks when they can't figure out how to move it away from the fire while they are too busy texting.
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