The Volunteer Fireman

THE SCRIPT - After Les’s dream of joining his town's Volunteer Fire Department is once again extinguished by his father, the chief, Les and his cranky old drinking buddy buy their own truck to start their own department but things quickly become too hot to handle.

 Production companies are being contacted and some have shown interest while others... We are NOT giving up!!!

Important facts from the town of Little Eagle

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The Little Eagle Volunteer Fire Department or LEVFD!!!

 - The LEVFD is one of 26,000 volunteer fire departments in the United States but they like to refer to themselves as THE ONE!

 -  The number one question asked by  visitors to Little Eagle is, “What is there to do around here?”

- Each year wildfires burn an average of four to five million acres of land across the country.  LIttle Eagle has been lucky up to this point, that is...

 - A beer shot with a fire extinguisher for 3 minutes will reach a nice, crisp 37 degrees, assuming you have let a beer get warm.

 - Neal Schon Rocks!

 - You can’t drink all day if you don’t start in the morning!

-Things like lawn mowers, chain saws and motorcycles should be fitted with spark arrestors to reduce their risk of starting a fire.  Did you hear that Les?

 - According to statistics provided by the United States Fire Administration (http://www.usfa.fema.gov) there are 1,082,500 firefighters in the United States, 278,300 are career and 804,200 are volunteer.   So, the 5 in Little Eagle are in good company!

- Karl's favorite cup cake is a spicy apple cinnamon with a nice Disaronno Amaretto cream cheese frosting!

- Humans caused 58,000 (forest)fires in the US in 2012!  Humans caused 16 and 10 was by the "borther-in-law"!

- Little Eagle Lake is home to the legendary FIVE pound Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus).

- "If I knew I was going to live this long, I would of drank more!"

- A cord is the standard of measurement for buying and selling firewood.  It is a legal term that specifically means 128 cubic feet of firewood that is tightly stacked.   "How to Measure a Cord of Wood | eHow.com"(http://www.ehow.com/how_6539641_measure-cord-wood.html#ixzz27VQbejlt)

- Setting for the funniest screenplay, soon to be movie, in years!