It was a unique experience for the firefighter training the nozzle on a blazing rig on I-44 earlier this week.
It was Doolittle Probationary Firefighter Jenna Ulrich's first fire.
But that wasn't all. The department's only vegan firefighter was trying to exinguish the fully involved truck hauling 40,000 pounds of rib eye steaks, The Huffington Post reported.
Neither the steaks nor the rig could be saved.
Ulrich's father, also a firefighter, was along side her on her first job.
"Nothing says ‘welcome to the fire service’ like sending the probie to put out 40,000 pounds of flaming ribeye!" the district joked on Facebook, with several cow emogis.
Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.
