Thoughts and Prayers go to people of West, Texas

It's been a while now since Matfield fire station closed down, sadly the building is vacant and people have been using the forecourt as a local car park for some time. Going out on shouts to help people is a memory which becomes all the more thought provoking when you hear about disasters such as the industrial fertilizer accident in West, Texas in the United States this week where several of the local volunteers are still missing. When that bleeper goes off it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be coming back to bed at some point. The thoughts of Kent Fire and Rescue servants past and present are with the residents and volunteers of West, Texas, their families and everyone involved.