On Sunday, July 31st more than 45 participants from the Patterson (NY) Fire Department and surrounding areas spent their afternoon refining their water hauling skills. The 2-hour drill culminated our 16-hour Rural Water Supply Operations Seminar that was sponsored and hosted by the Patterson Fire Department No 1. The weekend began Saturday morning with a classroom session on reviewing the best practices of hauling water with tankers. The remainder of Saturday and then Sunday morning were spent on practical skill sessions concentrating on dump site and fill operations. Sunday afternoon was then dedicated to the big water drill. Six tankers and three engines were used to support a 1300 gpm dump site operation...which eventually grew to four dump tanks in size. Two fill sites were used to support the operation each providing about a 2-mile roundtrip for the rigs hauling water. Instructors for the weekend were Mark Davis and Tim Legore. Many thanks to the Patterson Fire Department No 1 for hosting the seminar.