An Exciting Visit From Our Friends at the Golden Ring Fire Station

After coming over to Nana’s house in the evening and shortly after daddy got home from work, Jax was greeted by a blaring siren and flashing lights! That’s right, the Golden Ring Fire Department graciously sent out one of their newest fire engines and an ambulance for Jax to explore. Adam Lublinsky was the man behind the operation. (He is the neighbor of three of Jax’s little friends and a brave firefighter.) After hearing about Jaxsen’s story, he decided that he and the rest of the station would come pay Jax a visit to brighten his day.

Jaxsen was so excited when he heard the roar of the siren and twinkling, red lights. We had to rush outside to see what the commotion was. The vehicles stopped right out front of the house. He was a little bit nervous when everyone came out to say hello, but his nerves quickly turned to curiosity when Adam started to give him a grand tour. Adam explained the job of each of the many knobs, levers and valves to Jax, Mama, Daddy, and Nana, but Jax was more interested in figuring things out by trial and error. He even got help lower the big ladder that the firefighters use to climb though the attic of burning houses. When we got to the back of the engine, he started turning a release wheel and almost opened the flood gates to about 10,000 gallons of stored water!

Jax made his lap around the big truck and then went over to the ambulance. This didn’t last long though, since it didn’t have as many lights and sounds. When Jax stepped off of the back of the ambulance, the firefighters lit up the neighborhood by flipping the switch and illuminating the endless array of red and white lights. They even sounded the siren, which promptly made Jax cover his ears and say “Hey, dat's loud!”

Before the firefighters left, we snapped a quick photo to commemorate their very thoughtful gift to Jax. Then the trucks left with a thunderous roar. Jax was all smiles when we came inside and ran right to his big fire truck toy, which he continued to roll around for the rest of the night.