More distressing is what I learn at the next training session. Ty Babcock, a fellow trainee, will be leaving to accept a promising job offer in California, only a week or so from completing First Responder training. He has mixed emotions about leaving the canyon, but this is a good opportunity. We ll miss him. But that s what happens.
Firefighters move, get new jobs, or sometimes they burn out.
Whatever the reason, Ty is one less firefighter we will have to respond when called. Every volunteer department in the mountains needs help. Now is the perfect time to call. You might even get a chance to rip apart someone s car.