While dispatching a large grass fire in Johnson County Texas, I had 3 brush trucks, 2 tankers and 1 engine responding. In a very rural and mostly volunteer county, an assistant fire chief calls into my dispatch center stating one of his water tankers had rolled over and he had a firefighter trapped inside. I obtained an address and proceeded to dispatch the next closest department, an aircraft and ambulance. The firefighter was able to escape with minor injuries. The firefighter was transported to the local hospital and treated and realized later that he needed surgery on his arm. I was able to visit this particular fireman after he was admitted to a room and he stated that he ran off the road doing about 60mph with 3000 gallons of water on his back.. He over corrected and the tanker tipped onto the driver side. started sliding down the farm road and started rolling. I am glad that my friend is okay, so glad he was wearing his seat belt! He is very very lucky to only sustain the injuries he has.
