fire at the chemical plant
Posted: October 15, 2009 7:19 pm
One dark night outside a small town, a fire started inside the
local chemical plant. Before long it exploded into flames and
an alarm went out to fire departments from miles around. After
fighting the fire for over an hour, the chemical company
president approached the fire chief and said, "All of our
secret formulas are in the vault in the center of the plant.
They must be saved! I will give $50,000 to the engine company
that brings them out safely!"
As soon as the chief heard this, he ordered the firemen to
strengthen their attack on the blaze. After two more hours of
attacking the fire, president of the company offered $100,000
to the engine company that could bring out the company's secret
files.
From the distance a long siren was heard and another fire truck
came into sight. It was a local volunteer fire company composed
entirely of men over
65. To everyone's amazement the little fire engine raced
through the chemical plant gates and drove straight into the
middle of the inferno. In the distance the other firemen
watched as the old timers hopped off of their rig and began to
fight the fire with an effort that they had never seen before.
After an hour of intense fighting the volunteer company had
extinguished the fire and saved the secret formulas. Joyous the
chemical company president announced that he would double the
reward to $200,000 and walked over to personally thank each of
the volunteers.
After thanking each of the old men individually the president
asked the group what they intended to do with the reward money.
The fire truck driver looked him right in the eye and said, "The
first thing we're going to do is fix the damn brakes on that
truck!"
local chemical plant. Before long it exploded into flames and
an alarm went out to fire departments from miles around. After
fighting the fire for over an hour, the chemical company
president approached the fire chief and said, "All of our
secret formulas are in the vault in the center of the plant.
They must be saved! I will give $50,000 to the engine company
that brings them out safely!"
As soon as the chief heard this, he ordered the firemen to
strengthen their attack on the blaze. After two more hours of
attacking the fire, president of the company offered $100,000
to the engine company that could bring out the company's secret
files.
From the distance a long siren was heard and another fire truck
came into sight. It was a local volunteer fire company composed
entirely of men over
65. To everyone's amazement the little fire engine raced
through the chemical plant gates and drove straight into the
middle of the inferno. In the distance the other firemen
watched as the old timers hopped off of their rig and began to
fight the fire with an effort that they had never seen before.
After an hour of intense fighting the volunteer company had
extinguished the fire and saved the secret formulas. Joyous the
chemical company president announced that he would double the
reward to $200,000 and walked over to personally thank each of
the volunteers.
After thanking each of the old men individually the president
asked the group what they intended to do with the reward money.
The fire truck driver looked him right in the eye and said, "The
first thing we're going to do is fix the damn brakes on that
truck!"
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