Volunteer Fire Department hosts a summertime 'meet and greet' block party

Saturday, July 13, 2019 - 5:41pm By Ed Martin, Editor

Members of the Lemoore Volunteer Fire Department spent much of Saturday afternoon working with the public –- and in a good way. Instead of having to cope with a fire call or an emergency, a handful of Lemoore’s volunteers spend much the 100-degree plus day battling hot dog flames and then giving a good soak to a bunch of neighborhood youngsters – most of whom appeared to enjoy the unexpected, refreshing shower.

  • The neighborhood kids at Lemoore's Paradise Loop enjoyed an afternoon of hot dogs and water works with the Lemoore Volunteer Fire Department as volunteers held a sort of block party on Saturday.
  • This youngster, two-year-old Beau Burglar, looks back on a sheet of falling water from the fire department's ladder truck.
  • A bunch of kids and probably a few adults got a rainshower courtesy of the Lemoore Volunteer Fire Department and its ladder truck.
  • A pair of volunteer firefighters cook up a bunch of hot dogs at Saturday's block party.
  • It was a hot day (over 100 degrees) but the Lemoore Volunteer Fire Department helped to cook it down.

Photos by Gary Feinstein/Feinsteinfotos

Saturday’s event was a sort of summertime “meet and greet” your local firefighters, and according to Lemoore Volunteer Fire Department Chief, Bruce German, about 75 to 80 neighbors in the Paradise Loop neighborhood (by the golf course) joined in the fun.

According to German, Saturday's event - not the first not the last - was meant to introduce themselves (volunteers) to the public. In this case, many of the local firefighters lived in the neighborhood.

German told The Leader that while a date hasn’t been set, the department hopes to do another “block party” in August.

It was indeed a perfect day to have the fire truck there, and the hoses turned on as kids (maybe a few adults) enjoyed the cool water falling on them from the department’s main truck.

“We put the ladder truck up,” said German. “We barbecued hot dogs and got the neighborhood to come out, and we introduced ourselves. And they introduced themselves to us. We had a good time for two or three hours. At one point we had 75 to 80 people there.”

German said the fire department hopes the event becomes an annual tradition and will most likely occur during the summer months. They will most likely visit different neighborhoods throughout the city, particularly where firefighters live.

“People may not realize that their neighbor is a volunteer fireman,” said German. “We’re trying to work in another one for August.”

German said that 10 or 11 volunteers helped out Saturday.

 

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