Kay, no need to apologize in this instance for reporting something of a non- genealogical nature. I know all of our list members are "family" and want to know that a valued member of our Geiger family or researchers is all right! You haven't lost your knack for storytelling--but oh how I wish you were telling us a fictional tale instead of relaying so clearly factual events. What you are witnessing on the part of the firefighters is very much in the spirit of the Fourth of July and what makes America great. Our thoughts are with you! Joan