Off the I-15

If you were near the intersection of Virginia Way and Barstow Road around 3:30 and heard the fire engine’s horn and siren go off, it was a false alarm.

Fire Capt. Dale Lintner was giving me a ride in the engine to the near-by parking lot where two firefighters were training. I sat in the front passenger seat and without knowing it, activated the horn and siren with my feet.

Lintner gave the engine’s dash a puzzled look. He could not figure out why the horn sounded on its own. Then he saw my feet planted firmly on two pedals that control the noise makers on the engine.

Oops! No harm done, except that the firefighters training thought they had to spring into action, but it was a false alarm.