Chantez Jones, a firefighter with the Fairhope Volunteer Fire Department, continues to recover, after succumbing to heat stroke at the scene of a trailer fire last week on Young Street. On Monday, he was still a patient at Thomas Hospital, where he was reported to be “doing well and in good condition,” according to a hospital spokesperson.

“The fire at the trailer is the second part of the story,” said Capt. John Saraceno, acting fire chief.

About 12:30 p.m. last Wednesday, department volunteers responded to a vehicle fire at Greeno Road and Alabama Highway 104, Saraceno said. The mother of the person driving the affected vehicle also got a call and hurried to the scene.

“She left a pot on a stove burner,” he said, and when she returned home, her trailer was on fire.

“That call came in between 1:15 and 1:30, and we arrived on the scene in less than 3 minutes,” Saraceno said, adding one fully loaded engine was sent to the scene and one on stand-by. Between 7 and 9 firefighters came to the scene, he said.

“We had the fire out in less than two minutes and saved the trailer.

Jones, wearing full gear, was stricken shortly after arrival.

“It all happened so fast,” Saraceno said. “We had no chance to get our water off the truck or even offer water or set up our recoup area.”

He said water and Gatorade is carried on all first-line pumpers, rescue trucks and brush trucks.

Jones has been with the fire department about four months, Saraceno said. He added that Jones arrived on the scene after working a full shift at the public works department.

“He had just gotten home when the fire call came in,” he said.

Saraceno said residents need to be mindful that the department is staffed completely by volunteers.

“They do a good job with very little recognition,” he said, adding that the department had responded to a large number of calls recently. He cited an example of the quality of their work as a recent apartment fire at Spring Run.

“Three kids were playing with matches. We put the fire out completely with no water damage,” he said.

“Our firefighters are our biggest concern,” Saraceno said, “we take care of our own.”