Day 5: Deputy Fire Chief says, 'It belongs to the bomb squad.' - By N.L. Belardes

Why did I ever second guess myself? Those silly laughing bomb squad guys were the true culprits of unorganization in last Wednesday's terrorization simulation...

I would like to apologize to the Bakersfield's Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief who got me good with this email today. For a second there I swear my hands were glowing:

Mr. Belardes,
You've been under surveillance since acquiring the top secret nuclear
deactivation device that fell into your hands. It's highly radioactive
and shouldn't be handled with out proper protection. Your life may be
in danger...... just kidding.
Nice blog..appreciate the humor of this situation (hope you can
appreciate mine). That looks like a sounding device we use but it's not ours.
It must belong to the police department bomb squad. I'll forward this
to the person in charge of the bomb squad and have him give you a call.
Maybe on you next entry you could let people who view know that it
wasn't the Fire Department's equipment. It took a lot of work on our part
to put this drill together and I wouldn't want to come off as careless
and frivolous (not that PD is). Lately it seems Police and Firefighters
have become the focus of ill will... must be some kind of
bizarro reverse parallel universe thing happening.
Thanks Nick for picking the device up and notifying us.

Kirk Blair
Deputy Fire Chief
Bakersfield Fire Department

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