Great site guys. Just stopping by to say hi! I am a firefighter myself for 16 yrs. I also own a graphics business. I do vinyl decals, can koozies, etc. I have tons of firefighter graphics that i ship all over the country.
Keep up the good work guys. -Brad
Signed on July 18, 2010 at 11:39 AM
Guest Name:
Charles Clark
Rank/Title:
Township Fiscal Officer and Fire Fighter/Water Supply
Location:
Ross County (South Central Ohio)
Comments:
I really like this website. I wonder why water movement drills are set up in large paved parking lots. Those of us in rural areas who have to shuttle water do not usually have this luxury. Anyone set up a drill where they set up a dumpsite on a narrow rural road (15-16 ft wide)? We use rectanglar dump tanks in a single lane set up which supplements the rural hitch to pump back a long lane. Our 8X14 2,100 gal dump tanks set in front of the water supply pumper. During our most recent ISO tanker shuttle test (2001)we set up two dump tanks in front of the pumper and set a third dump tank behind the pumper with a floating pump pushing water to the drafting tank--all in one traffic lane. We pumped 1,000 GPM during the ISO. Rear dump tankers could dump without out turing as they arrive from either direction. Side dump tankers could top off all three dumps tanks as they passed by. I think its time to practice moving water under the conditions like you face during a real fire. How ofter can you get a pumper right up next to a static source of water? How often can a pumper get within 150 ft. of a great source of water? How do you get that water to your pumper? Anyone using floating pumps? What about ideas so old their new again. Now we have fiberglass cisterns which are relatively cheap compared to expensive "battleships" called pumper tankers. For the price of one tanker you can locate several drafting cisterns around your protection area-exactly where they are needed. Drafting from this source saves stress on our rural water systems. What happened to front mount pumps? They are not very pretty but wow can they pull up to a dump tank in a single lane situation and pump 1,000 gallons of water before a midship pump crew hooks up 3 sections of suction hose to draft from a dump tank set up in front of the truck.
Signed on July 14, 2010 at 9:15 AM
Guest Name:
DANA WATTS
Rank/Title:
TRAINING OFFICER / TREASURER
Location:
TAYLOR, AL
Comments:
I LIKE WHAT I SEE AND WILL TRY TO GO TO THE DEKALB CO. SEMINAR IN SEPT.
Signed on June 07, 2010 at 3:34 AM
Guest Name:
greg cooner
Rank/Title:
firefighter/lead worker
Location:
dry valley
Comments:
learned a lot and had a lot of fun, hope to see yall next year.
Signed on February 24, 2010 at 9:28 PM
Guest Name:
Robert " Bob" Steele
Rank/Title:
1st. Asst. Chief
Location:
Romulus Vol. Fire Dept. Romulus New York
Comments:
Your website and training program is A+
Signed on February 15, 2010 at 2:45 PM
Guest Name:
fred klingman jr
Rank/Title:
captian
Location:
rome fire dept ashtabula county ohio
Comments:
Just found this website. I live in a rual community and tanker shuttles are becoming a lost art. Finding a lot of info and new ideas on here.
Just wanted to say that I really enjoyed the training seminar that you guys did sept. 19th and sept 20th in Dekalb Co. Alabama. This was my second year attending this seminar.
Just wanted to drop in and say that I had an outstanding time last year. I am sorry i missed the first day of the class instruction, but i learned an awful lot on the second day. I am looking forward to this years second annual event and hope to see yall there.
