Greensboro Fire Station #49 on Friendly Avenue took advantage of the warm weather on Saturday morning and cleaned their fire trucks. According to the website of the Greensboro Fire Department, North Carolina's Severe Weather Awareness week was March 1-7 and, oh, did we have extreme weather last week. March 2009 stormed in dumping five inches of snow on Greensboro leaving temperatures in the 20's. By Saturday, March 7th, when this picture was taken, the temperature had spiked to 76 degrees. In conjunction with Severe Weather Awareness, it was "Get In, Get Down, and Cover Up" on Friday when the Guilford County Schools held a tornado drill. Children all over the county practiced their tornado readiness procedures.
A big thanks to our fire men who work hard to keep our community safe! A big thanks to teachers who make sure students know what to do in the event of a tornado. A community is truly a community when people work together.
Thanks for the compliment on my blog. I enjoy looking at fire station photos. Check this out. http://ffmitch.blogspot.com/2008/09/b-shift-saint-albans-fire-department.html
Posted by: Eric | Monday, March 09, 2009 at 07:07 AM
Cool shot. I saw an accident with multiple fire engines and police cars but couldn't photograph it.
It certainly doesn't LOOK like an empty city!
Posted by: mary stebbins Taitt | Monday, March 09, 2009 at 09:24 AM
Yes, you're right, firemen in all countries are admirable people. Good shot! You don't know how much I love American fire trucks, I've been known to photograph every nook and cranny on trips to NYC and Seattle, so selfishly enough, I'm very happy with this post(Oh and thanks for your e-mail! ;-))
Posted by: cieldequimper | Monday, March 09, 2009 at 09:33 AM
It's interesting to me that your fire station is identical to the one on the street near my house. It could actually be a shot of mine it's so similar.
Posted by: Carver | Monday, March 09, 2009 at 02:07 PM