"I was waiting at the light on Fifth Street last week, and so many fire trucks went by heading out of town it was like a parade," he said. Phil Elliott, president of the Carson City Host Lions Club, said he was sorry all the firefighters from out of town weren't there. Children played in the cool mist in front of the Supreme Court building. "I don't know that it couldn't continue as an annual event - without the fire, of course."įallon firefighters on their TA-1500 brush truck sprayed a water cannon 500 feet in the air. "It's been a real neat community get-together," said Mike Shaughnessy, a past Kiwanis council chairman.
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Several service groups hosted barbecue booths, handling out free hamburgers and hot dogs donated by Scolari's, Smith's, Safeway, Albertsons and others. The Rockin' Rev Ken Haskins opened the event with a prayer then provided oldies music on a sound system from McClain's Mobile Music. "You know, the scuba store had flames right next to it so this is what little we could do," Wilson said.Ī huge banner donated by the Millard family - owners of the Plaza Hotel - was signed by hundreds of people and paraded in front of the crowd. It may not be in our lifetime."ĭebbie Hayward and Sharon Wilson of Strictly Scuba moved among the crowd towing wagons of cut watermelon on ice.
"Will the hillsides look the same as they did before?" she asked. City Manager Linda Ritter talked about the rehabilitation effort. Kenny Guinn, Sheriff Kenny Furlong and others addressed the crowd. "It started with Kiwanis, but it quickly expanded to all service clubs," said unofficial emcee and Assemblyman Ron Knecht, R-Carson City. The event was organized by several Carson City service groups. "So I was determined to come down here and shake the hand of every firefighter I saw." "If they hadn't been there, that whole row of homes would have burned," she said.
She fought the fire with a garden hose below C Hill before "two hot shot crews sent from heaven" showed up. Glenda-Ann Block thanked each one personally. Thousands gathered on the Legislative lawn Sunday afternoon to honor firefighters and rescue workers who fought the 8,723-acre Waterfall fire along western Carson City.Īs Minden's Black Mountain Hot Shots walked across the stage, the audience stood up and cheered.
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