Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Ukraninian Fire Department
One dark night outside a small town in Saskatchewan, a fire started inside the
local sausage plant and in a blink it exploded into massive flames.
The alarm went out to all the fire departments from miles around.
When the volunteer fire fighters appeared on the scene, the sausage company
president rushed to the fire chief and said, "All of our secret formulas are in the
vault in the center of the plant. They must be saved and I will give $50,000 to
the fire department that brings them out intact."
But the roaring flames held the firefighters off. Soon more fire departments had to be
called in as the situation became desperate. As the firemen arrived, the president
shouted out that the offer was now $100,000 to the fire department who
could bring out the company's secret files.
From the distance, a lone siren was heard as another fire truck came into sight.
It was the nearby Wakaw rural township volunteer fire department composed
mainly of Ukrainians over the age of 65.
To everyone's amazement, the little run-down fire engine, operated by these
Ukrainians, passed all the newer sleek engines parked outside the plant
and drove straight into the middle of the inferno.
Outside, the other firemen watched as the Ukrainian old timers jumped off
and began to fight the fire with a performance and effort never seen before.
Within a short time, the Wakaw old timers had extinguished the fire and
saved the secret formulas.
The grateful sausage company president joyfully announced that for such a
superhuman feat he was upping the reward to $200,000, and walked over to
personally thank each of the brave, though elderly, Ukrainian firefighters.
The local TV news reporters rushed in after capturing the event on film
asking, "What are you going to do with all that money?"
"Vell," said Nick Sputski, the 70-year-old fire chief, "da furst thing ve
gonna do is fix da brakes on dat focking truck!" ¶ 6/22/2005 11:18:00 PM
One dark night outside a small town in Saskatchewan, a fire started inside the
local sausage plant and in a blink it exploded into massive flames.
The alarm went out to all the fire departments from miles around.
When the volunteer fire fighters appeared on the scene, the sausage company
president rushed to the fire chief and said, "All of our secret formulas are in the
vault in the center of the plant. They must be saved and I will give $50,000 to
the fire department that brings them out intact."
But the roaring flames held the firefighters off. Soon more fire departments had to be
called in as the situation became desperate. As the firemen arrived, the president
shouted out that the offer was now $100,000 to the fire department who
could bring out the company's secret files.
From the distance, a lone siren was heard as another fire truck came into sight.
It was the nearby Wakaw rural township volunteer fire department composed
mainly of Ukrainians over the age of 65.
To everyone's amazement, the little run-down fire engine, operated by these
Ukrainians, passed all the newer sleek engines parked outside the plant
and drove straight into the middle of the inferno.
Outside, the other firemen watched as the Ukrainian old timers jumped off
and began to fight the fire with a performance and effort never seen before.
Within a short time, the Wakaw old timers had extinguished the fire and
saved the secret formulas.
The grateful sausage company president joyfully announced that for such a
superhuman feat he was upping the reward to $200,000, and walked over to
personally thank each of the brave, though elderly, Ukrainian firefighters.
The local TV news reporters rushed in after capturing the event on film
asking, "What are you going to do with all that money?"
"Vell," said Nick Sputski, the 70-year-old fire chief, "da furst thing ve
gonna do is fix da brakes on dat focking truck!" ¶ 6/22/2005 11:18:00 PM
