Hauling Water - Water Supply Task Force Style!
 
By President Mark Davis
October 6, 2016
 

A bunch of folks in Onondaga County, New York spent last weekend honing their rural water supply skills while attending our 16-hr Rural Water Supply Operations Seminar. The weekend program was sponsored by the County's Office of Emergency Management and was hosted by Chief Mike Stock and the Plainville VFD. As usual, Day Two of the seminar culminated with a 2-hr tanker shuttle operation. This time, the group decided to travel 30 miles away to an unfamiliar area to haul that water. The goal was to function as a Rural Water Supply Task Force that was deployed to assist on a major incident on the other side of the County. The crews did a great job of hauling water. A flow of 1,550 gpm was achieved during the last hour of the drill using a "single-lane" dump tank arrangement. Instructors for the weekend were Mark Davis and Alan Butsch. A full summary will be posted in a few weeks.
 
Apparatus staging at the assembly area before deploying to an incident 25-miles away. Ten tankers and four engines.
Apparatus staging at the assembly area before deploying to an incident 25-miles away. Ten tankers and four engines.
Day 1 - reviewing single-lane dump tank ops.
Day 1 - reviewing single-lane dump tank ops.
 
Day 1 - reviewing dump tank ops.
Day 1 - reviewing dump tank ops.
Day 1 - reviewing tanker loading ops.
Day 1 - reviewing tanker loading ops.
 
Firovac vacuum tanker offloads.
Firovac vacuum tanker offloads.
2-hr drill time - initial company setting up.
2-hr drill time - initial company setting up.
 
Second dump tank is down.
Second dump tank is down.
Tanks 3 and 4 deployed in front of dump site pumper.
Tanks 3 and 4 deployed in front of dump site pumper.
 
Setting up to transfer water.
Setting up to transfer water.
Front tanks are operational.
Front tanks are operational.
 
Rear tanks running strong.
Rear tanks running strong.
The four tank, single-lane arrangement.
The four tank, single-lane arrangement.
 
Fill site pumper drafting and supplying a loading station 200 feet away.
Fill site pumper drafting and supplying a loading station 200 feet away.
Every tanker was loaded using 4-inch LDH.
Every tanker was loaded using 4-inch LDH.
 
Suction hose set-up.
Suction hose set-up.
Drafting from the Erie Canal.
Drafting from the Erie Canal.
 
The "loader."
The "loader."
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