Current at 11/6/2011 (Online waypoint URL) You have already found this cache! Master Index    Nearest Caches First In Last Out - No. 26 Station by crackerjackie (2.5/1.5) N49° 48.651  W97° 05.631 (WGS84) UTM  14U   E 637139  N 5519343 Use waypoint: GC22H8C Size: Micro    Hidden on 12/26/2009 In Manitoba, Canada Difficulty:     Terrain:                 **Posted coordinates are for Fire Station No. 26 and cache is not at that location** This cache is a tribute to No. 26 Station and the men and women who risk their lives protecting our loved ones and our property. Station No. 26 was opened in 1994. "We hold thee safe" The Winnipeg Fire Department was established in 1882. Firefighting is a profession where its members are called upon daily to risk their own lives to save others from dangerous situations. Firefighters undergo rigorous training and continually upgrade their skills to be able to safely fight fires and perform rescue operations. Micro only has room for log, so please bring a writing utensil. Make sure you place cache back exactly as you found it. Cache is in busy area during summer, please use stealth. Congratulations to OHMIC on FTF. The coordinates are: N49 BP.FQL W97 AN.KEG To get the coordinates you must answer questions about Station No. 26 and some of the original fire halls that have been taken out of service and now serve different purposes. 1. What is the street address of Station No. 26? ABCD street name 2. What is the street address of the original Station No. 11? EFG street name 3. What is the street address of original Station No. 8? KLM street name 4. What is the original fire station number of the hall at 161 Lipton? Station No. NP 5. What is the original station number of the Winnipeg Fire Department repair shop located at 1470 William Avenue? Station No. Q All of the answers can be found on the City of Winnipeg's website. You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

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3/30/2010 by Kabuthunk
[I actually only realized that this cache was kicking around here a few days ago. Back on Saturday when I happened to be heading out to my wife's parents' place for what ended up being the entire day, I had brought my geocaching kit with me in hopes of finding some nearby caches. As it turns out, there was various caches, but I didn't have a chance to go out. What I DID get from that trip however was learning of the existence of THIS cache.

Thus, after reading the cache description on their computer, I fired up their printer and printed out the relevant information. I was actually able to solve the entirety of it while on their computer, and the geochecker confirmed it. I gotta say though, I almost made various mistakes all throughout. The fact that you] added the word "original" to most of the questions [definitely helped, and after I had incorrectly solved most of them, felt that something was wrong and kept hunting a little bit deeper. Several minutes later, I had located on Winnipeg's website what was required and had the answer jotted down. Not wanting to go grab my GPS just yet, I tossed the coordinates into Google maps, and was a bit surprised (although at the same time not surprised... when anyone else finds the final cache, you'll know what I mean) at where it was.

Well, one way or the other, it wasn't being found today. Thus, after the day's obligations were wrapped up, I tossed the coordinates into my GPS and bode my time.

Three days later, my wife was in class at Red River College, so I had some time to myself after work to do some geocaching before picking her up (although I could have just as easily gone any other weekday, but it just makes the most sense to go caching today since she's not a geocacher, despite my best efforts). Thus, after picking up another puzzle cache that I had solved, I headed towards this one. If I'm going to knock out a puzzle cache, might as well hit as many as I can solve . A little bit of a drive later, and... I was starting to get worried. Getting off work at 6:20pm today, and messing around at home for a few minutes, I found myself running out of sunlight. Even as I was heading out to the first cache, the sun was getting pretty low in the sky, and the dense clouds to the West didn't help matters either. However, with at least a little bit of light remaining, I found my way to a parking spot near the coordinates.

Hopping out of the car, I quickly hurried over to ground zero. There appeared that the cache would likely be on one of two sides (again, you'll know what I mean when you're there), so I took my chances, and it looks like the flip of the coin turned out to be successful . I spotted the cache almost right away! However, it seems as though this was only the first part of the battle. Gotta say... that cache container was in such a position that it REALLY decided to fight with me to avoid being grabbed. And the few times I was able to get a pseudo-grip on it, it managed to slide out of my fingers and get into an even harder to reach position . Thankfully, I have thin fingers, and was eventually able to fanangle the cache out of its hiding spot. A quick signing and a micromail ball later, and I replaced the cache as found, likely to torment the next poor geocacher attempting to grab it .

WOOH! Mission accomplished! I generally get pretty much all of the caches in the area of the posted coordinates, so I'm glad I was able to finish this guy off. Although at the same time, that just means there's less caches in that area to go after when I need to be at the in-laws .

In either case, thanks for the adventure .

Took: Nothing
Left: Logbook entry and micromail ball

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In many cases, a dry sprinkler or preaction system will branch off from the wet sprinkler system.