[DCART] Norwegian Fire Fighters

[Dick Flanagan]

Norwegian Fire Department

One dark night outside a small town in Wisconsin, a fire started inside the 
local chemical 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 chemical 
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 fire-fighters 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 Norwegian rural township volunteer fire company 
composed mainly of Norwegians over the age of 65. To everyone's amazement, 
the little run-down fire engine, operated by these Norwegians, 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 Norwegian old timers jumped off 
and began to fight the fire with a performance and effort never seen before.

Within a short time, the Norsk old timers had extinguished the fire and 
saved the secret formulas. The grateful chemical 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, Norsk fire fighters.

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 Ole Larsen, the 70-year-old fire chief, "da furst thing ve do 
is fix da brakes on dat dam truck."


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Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
E-mail: k7vc at arrl.org