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This has a long story that still makes me slightly upset at myself every time I think about it. I just got home from work one night and was settling in when I got a fire call so I hurry out the door pajamas still on and drive out to my fire station. I make truck and go a few miles down the road we are called in for a MVA (Motor Vehicle Accident). I'm not a EMT so my job was to light the scene and redirect traffic. I set out flares and settle in for a hour or two of directing traffic. A few minutes later I go help plot a LZ for a air ambulance now this would be easy normally just find a flat land or road and throw down some beacon lights. However, The problem started when we noticed trees and wire everywhere darting the roadway so a LZ by road was out. We had a field next to us so we thought to set it down there in which we had a small issue. The field was slanted and not that flat so what we had to do was put it a little closer to the road where it levels out a small bit. We finish this and I go back to directing traffic. I turn folks around and give them directions to the main highway a few upset at this but I really cant do anything. A problem came in when a Garbage truck came in. I worked for this Garbage Company before and by some strange coincidence drove the exact same truck the guy was driving. The issue was this road was a extremely narrow in order to turn this truck around he had to be the best trucker in the world. He pulls up and askes me to go through I tell him a helicopter is coming through and just as saying that the pilot began his descent so at the time I had 3 major issues. 1. This Driver was trying to get throw where a helicopter is landing. 2. The Truck was already loud to begin with but this man was in his 50s so hearing was virtually impossible 3. A HELICOPTER IS LANDING NEXT TO NEXT TO SOME POWER LINES AND NO OFFICER CAN HEAR ME CALLING FOR ASSISTANCE IN EXPLAINING HOW TO TURN AROUND. I have to wait for this helicopter to land before going to get help because the closest other guy was 40 feet up the roadway. I get him and bring him back to assist me and explaining where he needs to go. He understands my officer almost immediately despite me saying the same thing 20 seconds ago. He then apologizes to me and says its the first time he was on this route. (thinking this is what the expression -_- feels like.) I get him turned around nearly falling into a drainage ditch in the field while I do so. I feel like a champ at this rate (I went and asked for help and barely feel like I did anything). I relax for all of 5 seconds and put more flares down. Until I see headlights... This car was going Mach 20 just on this back country road. She slows down just barely in time as she sees me. At this time I have a stop/slow sign like the ones the road crews use because its been 60 minutes and its dark out. I'm holding this sign as this car stops. The windows are tinted and I couldn't see what was going on so they start rolling forward toward the helicopter. Like all noble men manning a road I IMMIDIATLY LOSE MY COOL. "DO YOU THINK THIS SIGN DOESNT APPLY TO YOU STOP NOW!" The window rolled down a few feet away from me and I hear sobs. This girl could not even be older then me and I'm 23 at the time of writing this was not happy to say the lest and crying. (At this moment I feel extremely extremely bad) its what she says next that I nearly start crying. "Sir the sign your holding says slow" I look and I see I'm holding the sign the wrong way. (I FEEL HORRIBLE AND DONT WANT TO EXIST AT THE MOMENT ANYMORE). I start apologizing immediately and explain what had happened previously while I was doing this the helicopter took off and once again I was stuck talk over it making the whole thing worse. Eventually she understood and tells me she hopes my day gets better (ITS ONLT 1 AM). The wrecker crew arrives and the state police leave. We clean up and we leave the scene. At the station I tell the story. I'm livid for the next few days until I go back to classes in college I sit in nervous for my first semester back at school since 2019. I sit down and in walks this girl who I yelled at less then a week prior she sits next to me and at that moment I knew ( The universe always finds a way to torture no matter what). I don't think she recognized me and I never brought it up. HOW WOULD I?------------- Over all this drawing took three hours over the course of two days. I added the tiny detail of the ripped hole in my knee pads and that has a story but I wanna save that one for another day. So far this call was one of my least proudest moments because I felt bad soon after. I have a lot more good then bad I can promise that and I want to describe them but I got to change up my drawing habits so I am not to complacent with drawing just bunker gear and fire trucks... Even though the look like they were drawn by a two year old. I forgot to add pockets to the bunker gear and the reflective trim, I forgot to add compartments to the truck I started to but took it out due to it not looking right, I rushed in drawing the harvesting season was over but a lot of stalks were still in the ground so I cant detail all of that. I started to draw lights reflecting on the face but it just ended up looking like war paint, finally I did not draw a face because it didn't feel right. As always thank you for looking at my submission it means a lot to me this is the first post I'm making in 2023 so I really really appreciate it!---------

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This has a long story that still makes me slightly upset at myself every time I think about it. I just got home from work one night and was settling in when I got a fire call so I hurry out the door pajamas still on and drive out to my fire station. I make truck and go a few miles down the road we are called in for a MVA (Motor Vehicle Accident). I'm not a EMT so my job was to light the scene and redirect traffic. I set out flares and settle in for a hour or two of directing traffic. A few minutes later I go help plot a LZ for a air ambulance now this would be easy normally just find a flat land or road and throw down some beacon lights. However, The problem started when we noticed trees and wire everywhere darting the roadway so a LZ by road was out. We had a field next to us so we thought to set it down there in which we had a small issue. The field was slanted and not that flat so what we had to do was put it a little closer to the road where it levels out a small bit. We finish this and I go back to directing traffic. I turn folks around and give them directions to the main highway a few upset at this but I really cant do anything. A problem came in when a Garbage truck came in. I worked for this Garbage Company before and by some strange coincidence drove the exact same truck the guy was driving. The issue was this road was a extremely narrow in order to turn this truck around he had to be the best trucker in the world. He pulls up and askes me to go through I tell him a helicopter is coming through and just as saying that the pilot began his descent so at the time I had 3 major issues. 1. This Driver was trying to get throw where a helicopter is landing. 2. The Truck was already loud to begin with but this man was in his 50s so hearing was virtually impossible 3. A HELICOPTER IS LANDING NEXT TO NEXT TO SOME POWER LINES AND NO OFFICER CAN HEAR ME CALLING FOR ASSISTANCE IN EXPLAINING HOW TO TURN AROUND. I have to wait for this helicopter to land before going to get help because the closest other guy was 40 feet up the roadway. I get him and bring him back to assist me and explaining where he needs to go. He understands my officer almost immediately despite me saying the same thing 20 seconds ago. He then apologizes to me and says its the first time he was on this route. (thinking this is what the expression -_- feels like.) I get him turned around nearly falling into a drainage ditch in the field while I do so. I feel like a champ at this rate (I went and asked for help and barely feel like I did anything). I relax for all of 5 seconds and put more flares down. Until I see headlights... This car was going Mach 20 just on this back country road. She slows down just barely in time as she sees me. At this time I have a stop/slow sign like the ones the road crews use because its been 60 minutes and its dark out. I'm holding this sign as this car stops. The windows are tinted and I couldn't see what was going on so they start rolling forward toward the helicopter. Like all noble men manning a road I IMMIDIATLY LOSE MY COOL. "DO YOU THINK THIS SIGN DOESNT APPLY TO YOU STOP NOW!" The window rolled down a few feet away from me and I hear sobs. This girl could not even be older then me and I'm 23 at the time of writing this was not happy to say the lest and crying. (At this moment I feel extremely extremely bad) its what she says next that I nearly start crying. "Sir the sign your holding says slow" I look and I see I'm holding the sign the wrong way. (I FEEL HORRIBLE AND DONT WANT TO EXIST AT THE MOMENT ANYMORE). I start apologizing immediately and explain what had happened previously while I was doing this the helicopter took off and once again I was stuck talk over it making the whole thing worse. Eventually she understood and tells me she hopes my day gets better (ITS ONLT 1 AM). The wrecker crew arrives and the state police leave. We clean up and we leave the scene. At the station I tell the story. I'm livid for the next few days until I go back to classes in college I sit in nervous for my first semester back at school since 2019. I sit down and in walks this girl who I yelled at less then a week prior she sits next to me and at that moment I knew ( The universe always finds a way to torture no matter what). I don't think she recognized me and I never brought it up. HOW WOULD I?------------- Over all this drawing took three hours over the course of two days. I added the tiny detail of the ripped hole in my knee pads and that has a story but I wanna save that one for another day. So far this call was one of my least proudest moments because I felt bad soon after. I have a lot more good then bad I can promise that and I want to describe them but I got to change up my drawing habits so I am not to complacent with drawing just bunker gear and fire trucks... Even though the look like they were drawn by a two year old. I forgot to add pockets to the bunker gear and the reflective trim, I forgot to add compartments to the truck I started to but took it out due to it not looking right, I rushed in drawing the harvesting season was over but a lot of stalks were still in the ground so I cant detail all of that. I started to draw lights reflecting on the face but it just ended up looking like war paint, finally I did not draw a face because it didn't feel right. As always thank you for looking at my submission it means a lot to me this is the first post I'm making in 2023 so I really really appreciate it!---------