June 22, 2019

Ambulance 151A pulled up to a house near the firehouse after being dispatched to a report of a woman in labor. You, Kanan, and a career firefighter-paramedic hopped out, with You pulling the stretcher and Kanan and the paramedic running up to the front door to open it. However, upon going to the door, they found it was locked.

You looked over and asked, "Is it locked?"

"Yep," Kanan replied as she ran over to a front window to peer in. Sure enough, she saw the woman in labor lying on the floor, looking at her with worry and concern in her face. "She's in here, Lieutenant!"

"Got it," replied the paid firefighter. "I'm gonna have to break the window on the door!" He then pulled a small hammer from his EMS gear coat and smashed the front window before reaching his gloved hand in to open the door from the inside. He then ran in as You and Kanan dragged the stretcher in, the wheels crushing the broken glass on the floor. "Hi, I'm Lieutenant Tousaka Kaito from the fire department. these are my partners, Volunteer Firefighter Watanabe You and Volunteer Firefighter Matsuura Kanan. What's the problem today, ma'am?"

"I'm in labor," she replied in between breaths. She was clearly heavily pregnant, and she was moaning. "The contractions are continuous."

"Alright then," Kaito replied. "It's probably the baby's head pressing on a nerve." He then turned to You. "You-kun, get on the radio with Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital in Izunokuni." He then turned back to the woman. "What's your name? Does your husband know about this?"

"I'm Shion Ichigo. My husband, Ryou, is at work in downtown Numazu," she replied. "He'll be here in like 10 to 15 minutes." The woman then screamed from a particularly painful contraction.

"On it, Lieutenant," You replied as she opened up the radio kit and tuned in to the Ambulance-to-Hospital frequency used by Numazu and several other surrounding fire departments for communications with hospitals. She then punched in the DTMF code for the aforementioned hospital and called in, "Numazu Fire Ambulance 151-Alpha to Juntendo Shizuoka Base."

"Go ahead, Numazu Fire Ambulance 151-Alpha," a nurse replied.

"We have a precipitate delivery," You replied. "The patient's name is Shion Ichigo. Per dispatch, she is 27 years old. Stage 2 labor is under way, and labor in general is progressing normally, if not a bit fast. The baby is full-term, and no complications are expected or anticipated. This is her first delivery per dispatch. We will keep you updated as we progress."

"Received, Numazu Fire Ambulance 151-Alpha," the nurse replied.

Kanan sat across from Kaito and told the woman, "Okay, on the next contraction, I want you to take a deep breath and push as hard as you can." There was some, but not an excessive amount of, amniotic fluid on the floor down near the woman's crotch area as she pushed.

"Good, keep it up," Kaito encouraged her. "Keep pushing, and the baby will be out in no time. Do you know what gender it is already?"

"They said it'll be a boy," she replied between contractions.

"That's nice," Kaito replied in an attempt to keep the woman calm by making small talk with her. "I bet you and your husband can't wait to meet him."

Ichigo smiled as she began to cry slightly from the pain. "Yeah..."

Later that day, You and Kanan helped Ruby and Chika fill out paperwork for the Auxiliary/Interior Volunteer Firefighter Boot Camp over the summer in August. As Ruby signed off on the bottom, she said to You, "You-chan, I just need to get this to my parents, right?"

"Yep," You replied. "Since you're still in high school, you need your parents or guardians to sign off as well. Got any concerns they won't?"

"Not at all," Ruby replied. "But my sister may." The young girl looked down slightly. "Dia-oneechan is worried about me."

"Well that's what sisters do," Chika told Ruby. "Shima-oneechan and Mito-oneechan were a bit worried when I first started, but that's normal."

"I know," Ruby replied. "But at times it feels like Dia-oneechan still thinks I'm just like I was when I first started high school. I get it, I'm still a bit shy, but I'm not weak. I can handle getting yelled at by instructors."

"I know you can," You replied. "Me and Kanan did that to you and Chika-chan when you two did our stair climbs."

"You guys can yell loud," Chika noted humorously. "I guess that idol training paid off. Projecting your voice is a skill that's useful on and off stage."

June 24, 2019

Kanan and You rushed to the firehouse for a reported house fire in Station 155's area in the evening hours. Chika and Ruby were already at the firehouse, but had to wait since they were not yet interior volunteer firefighters. As they ran into the firehouse together, they heard the pagers ring again as a working fire was declared. They very quickly ripped their shoes off and jumped into their bunker pants. Within half a minute, both were fully dressed and ran to Aerial 151, jumping into the cab and grabbing two air packs to put on outside. Once they were fully set, they jumped back in the truck and took a seat. You shouted to up front, "We're ready!"

"Got it," replied Volunteer Lieutenant Yamada. Masako then radioed, "Aerial 151's responding with 5, all interior." She then remarked to herself as the ladder truck pulled out of the station, "This year keeps getting busier and busier." You and Kanan began to mask up in the back, while the paid firefighter and Masako did not.

Within 7 minutes of the initial dispatch, Aerial 151 arrived. By then, Pumper 155 was on scene, and its three interior firefighters were rolling out hoses for an interior attack. You and Kanan jumped out first, the former grabbing an axe plus a TIC and the latter assisting a firefighter from Pumper 155 with a roll of hose as the smoke began to bank down in front of the house due to the wind. "I'll force the door," You yelled to Kanan and the other firefighter. She then went to the front door and smashed the glass before reaching in and unlocking the door, opening it as smoke filled her vision, forcing her to stop and hook her mask into her pack and breathe pack air. She then aimed the TIC through the front door and yelled out, "Kanan-chan, you got heavy fire in the front hallway!" She then placed her axe in her belt to keep it on her.

Kanan and the other firefighter then marched in with their now-complete hand line as You went in ahead of them with the TIC going. "You-chan, do we need to pencil?!"

"Yeah," she replied back. "Is the backup line ready?"

"Yeah," replied the other firefighter behind Kanan on the line. He pointed to the fire ahead. "Kanan-kun, hit it!"

Kanan radioed out, "Pumper 155, charge the first line!" After receiving a short reply, they felt their hose line fill with water. Kanan immediately opened up with a few pencil hits to the ceiling before going in for the attack, knocking the fire down before her and filling the hallway with thick smoke, blinding them. "Is that backup line charged yet?!"

They then all heard the crew on the backup line ask for their line to get charged. The 155 firefighter replied, "Does that answer your question?!"

"Yep," Kanan replied with a chuckle as she and him advanced further into the building.

Meanwhile, beside them, You attached her TIC to her coat and pulled her axe out to force a door to a bedroom open as a volunteer firefighter from Pumper 154 joined her inside. After she forced the door open, she told the 154 firefighter, "We'll split up and meet in the middle." She then very quickly scanned the room with her still-attached TIC.

"Absolutely," he replied as the two of them began to search the room from the wall with their hand tools, with You going to the right and the paid firefighter going to the left.

"FIRE DEPARTMENT!" You yelled out to see if any possible victims could hear her as she searched. "HELLO?! FIRE DEPARTMENT! IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, CALL OUT!"

Suddenly, they both heard a scream come from a closet in the bedroom near You. The 154 firefighter yelled out, "The closet!"

You immediately tried the closet door knob, but it was locked. "Shit! Hey, whoever's in there, get the hell away from the door, okay?! I gotta break it down!" She then rammed into the door with her axe, forcing it open after a few hard hits. As soon as the door opened, she put her axe away in her belt and grabbed hold of a coughing young child that had hid in the closet. "Hey there! Everything's gonna be okay! Just stay with me!" She then radioed, "Search to Command, we got a victim in the first floor bedroom on the alpha-delta corner! We're bringing them out now!"

As she grabbed the child, she and the 154 firefighter raced out of the room and towards the front door, battling the still-thick smoke. As they ran out, the 154 firefighter yelled out, "WE GOT A VICTIM!"

You then placed the still-coughing child down on the ground as two firefighters raced over with a stretcher, including Chika, who asked You, "Was there even a report of victims?"

"No," You replied as she took her mask and helmet off. "There wasn't at all! This is why you still do a primary search regardless, Chika-chan!" She then took a deep breath and wiped sweat off her forehead as Chika and another firefighter rushed the child to a waiting ambulance. "Holy fuck..."