A fire recruit is showing progress after she was injured in a head-on automobile collision 
June 1 — Brandie Lyons.

To help with medical bills, the Guil-Rand Fire Department wants you to eat some pizza.

Firefighters will serve as wait staff at Pizza Inn on Fairfield Road from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 29.

Tips and a percentage of sales will go toward the Brandie Lyons Relief Fund established by the recruit class.

The automobile accident happened on U.S. 311, between Wall Brothers and Millikan roads. Lyons was airlifted to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. Her two children, ages 1 and 4, were not seriously injured.

“Brandie is gradually improving,” said Charles Cardwell, training officer for Guil-Rand. “She was taken out of trauma ICU (June 10) and she is now in a regular room.

“She is starting to talk some and can communicate through writing.... It seems that each day she gets a little better or does something new.”

Cardwell added that it could be six months to a year before doctors know the full extent of her head injury.

“I have been fortunate enough to get to see her every day since the accident,” Cardwell said. “The staff at the hospital and the nurses in ICU treat us (firefighters) like her immediate family.

“She has given me a thumbs up when I ask her questions and she has given me a high five.”

Donations will be accepted at the fire department at 10506 S. Main St. and at CommunityOne Bank, 10108 S. Main St.