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Welcome to the Official Website for GBW Associates, LLC.
    
GotBigWater is the official website of GBW Associates, LLC, a privately owned training, consulting, and design firm located in Westminster, Maryland. Our specialty is water supply for public and private fire protection. We at GBW Associates, LLC are known for our training programs, our dry hydrants, our testing and maintenance services, and our consulting work. Over the years, we have completed projects in over 40 different states ranging from rural water supply and incident command seminars to ISO water supply assessments to community master planning.
Use the menu at the left to take a look at our services and to contact us. Be sure to check out the Big Water Information section for a whole bunch of information on water supply delivery operations.
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National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Donations
Many thanks to our friends at the Pine Mountain VFD in Alabama who got us started on "class" donations to the NFFF. It all started when we ran a seminar for PMVFD back in October 2010. The seminar just happened to fall during the same time as the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland - so we decided to hold a t-shirt raffle and contribute 100% of the proceeds to the NFFF. To date - students in our seminars have now contributed $1,342 to the NFFF - including eight bricks in the Walk of Honor. We look forward to raising those numbers in 2012!
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Use #427 for Duct Tape
JANUARY 26
- A wise mechanic one said, "If it is supposed to move but doesn't, use some WD40. If it is not supposed to move but does, use some duct tape." A roll of duct tape should be kept on every fire truck - it has many uses besides firehouse pranks. One such use is to control air leaks during drafting operations. When you don't have time to take apart the fittings but you need to stop the air leak, a few ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Two wraps of duct tape on this leaking storz fitting stopped the air leak and allowed the pump to obtain a prime.
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Dry Hydrant Installation - Austerlitz, New York
This week we have been installing dry hydrants in the Austerlitz Fire District in Columbia County, NY. The project includes four, bridge-mounted DFHs and one, wall-mounted DFH. The bridge-mounts use our swivel design that allows the pipe to rest along the bridge rail until needed. Below are a few photos of our work.
  
  
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