Last week was a busy week for area fire departments and ours especially…we now have a combination paid/volunteer fire department and we were called to assist Cuba Fire Dept with a building fire Saturday night. It came in as fully involved and people trapped on the roof,  and they requested our ladder truck..I started toward the station but the paid crew decided not to wait long and took off, so I turned around and headed up there in my truck instead. I dont run code when I do that, mainly respond to take a few pics, can leave when I want that way, but also have my gear in my truck and can assist the truck crew if needed. I arrived ahead of the Ladder truck by about ten minutes and found the building not to be fully involved. Had it been fully involved, one would have been able to see the glow of the fire from miles away on approach by the interstate, but that wasnt the case. There was heavy smoke coming off the roof and from windows on the first and second floors on the east side of the building, and crews had made a good interior knockdown and were trying to get to the seat of the fire and make a secondary search when I parked nearby. Our truck laddered the second floor and assisted with scene lighting and our truck crew placed a ground ladder to the roof of the porch in case interior crews had to make an escape fast. There were several departments on hand with equipment and manpower and so several firefighters including Sullivan`s, were able to rotate into the building and knock down the remaining fire. The only flames I saw were in an upstairs apartment window and only briefly. This is an old building, the original Cuba Hotel building near the railroad tracks and Cuba made a great stop on the fire.