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Notes from a Rookie Firefighter...March 23, 2009
Today was my first structure fire as a green tag. There was a call for mutual aid to a nearby town, and our ladder truck was called. When I got to the scene, I was asked by another town to help set up portable water tanks. I went and asked my captain if it was okay, and then got to work. I had heard and read about the 5" hose, and hard suction hose, but never saw these in action with jet dumps from water tenders before. The amount of water and force was fascinating to watch. I must have seen two different tenders arrive about five or more times each. I was impressed with the accuracy of the drivers inching close to the portable water tanks, not hitting them and not losing much water during the jet stream.
I basically held one of the hard suction hoses down for about an hour, even played around with tying knots around it to keep my hands from cramping up from the cold. When we were done, I helped disassemble the water tanks and load them on the tenders. Talk about teamwork!!!!!!
They were done, but I wasn't. I found my ladder truck and got to work rolling hoses. This may sound silly but I love to roll hoses.
Today was my first structure fire as a green tag. There was a call for mutual aid to a nearby town, and our ladder truck was called. When I got to the scene, I was asked by another town to help set up portable water tanks. I went and asked my captain if it was okay, and then got to work. I had heard and read about the 5" hose, and hard suction hose, but never saw these in action with jet dumps from water tenders before. The amount of water and force was fascinating to watch. I must have seen two different tenders arrive about five or more times each. I was impressed with the accuracy of the drivers inching close to the portable water tanks, not hitting them and not losing much water during the jet stream.
I basically held one of the hard suction hoses down for about an hour, even played around with tying knots around it to keep my hands from cramping up from the cold. When we were done, I helped disassemble the water tanks and load them on the tenders. Talk about teamwork!!!!!!
They were done, but I wasn't. I found my ladder truck and got to work rolling hoses. This may sound silly but I love to roll hoses.
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Comment by Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich on March 26, 2009 at 8:05am
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Hmmm.
Out here, we still call them "tankers", unless we are applying for a grant. Then, we must use the proper term.
"Tender" is how you like your meat. I struggle with it otherwise.
There is definitely something wrong with you if you like rolling hose.
You know; they have an automatic appliance for that now. I have even seen one for LDH.
You are having way too much fun with this...
And that's refreshing.
I admire your commitment and enthusiasm.
Need more like you.
TCSS.
Art
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Comment by Rebecah Baker on March 25, 2009 at 8:49am
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cool cool im glad you had a good time with that... its awsome when you see a line of red and white with lights going down the road... my dept does it all the time.. notes to you if you can get or train with a different dept to see how they do things DO IT!!!
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Comment by Denise Imperiale on March 24, 2009 at 6:54am
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Free plane ticket?
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Comment by Gordon "Gopher" Runer on March 24, 2009 at 3:12am
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It is truly amazing when it all works out in a situation like that. Last week we had a mutual aid call where we pumped over 17,000 gallons of water in 3 and a half hours. If you ever want practice at rolling hose you are free to travel out west and roll hose here.
Gopher
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