There's a brush fire and the guys are called in off duty. Because they're not working, they get called in separately. With a new Chief in charge, they notice come changes. Individually, they all come to the same conclusion, they don't like it.

Popular sayings have to come about somehow ... 'out of the frying pan, into the fire', 'say it with flowers', 'when a bell chimes an angel gets its wings', we've all heard them, we've all said them, but few have experienced them all in one day... New chapter 3 added in 2020 since 2011 former completion date.

Johnny could feel the tears stinging the back of his eyelids. He tried to hold it back but it was no use. It all felt so surreal; he could feel himself sobbing like a baby in Roy's arms, but at the same time he felt a million miles away. He knew what just happened but part of him felt numb, shellshocked. The past thirteen years of his life were all lies...complete lies. Please R&R!

When Sharon Walters graduates nursing school, she's not allowed to treat any patients that come though Rampart's doors with a paramedic. Dixie McCall soon changes that, but first, Sharon is put through her paces. She gets to see healthcare from a paramedic's point of view, and learns that it's very different.

Hank vents

Mike reflects after a rough day

Follow up to The Quiet One..read that first for this to make sense.

My take on why Mike is quiet

An off duty dinner leads to an interesting question

A fun riddle, short

Sometimes we all need a reminder we can do something

Johnny's thoughts on his green pen.

Dixie watches Roy and Johnny after a bad call.

Johnny shares his feelings about Hank.

Hank thoughts on an important piece of equipment

Johnny vents

Joe escapes with the power of music

Kel takes a few minutes

Johnny asks a simple question

Chet watches Johnny work

Hank visits Johnny after he is hit by the car.

There is more to the Phantom then his Pigeon and crewmates know.

Joann DeSoto was a strong woman. She's a firefighter's wife and a mother of two. Everything about her yelled independent, strong, skilled, smart, and brave. Nothing about her seemed at all timid, shy, or scared. Yet that's what Joann looked like at the moment. She sat on a kitchen chair, in the dayroom of her husband's station, by herself.

Rampart Hospital's new Emergency head tries to steer a grieving man back to work.

"Joe Early walked down the hallway. He was supposed to stop into a treatment room to help Morton with some car accident patient, but decided to stop at the nurse's counter to do some investigating. He was curious about the group of giggling medical personnel."