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[Doc Tinker]

In some cases, maybe it's better to let it burn. Less to clean up afterwards?



Doc

 

[Jff24Gordn]

I think thats their idea, intentional or not.

 

[Truckie]

Jff24Gordn I know how you feel you were just blowing off some steam apology accepted, I just like to point out some things. . It sounds like to me that your fire department needs to sit down and do some serious pre planing, and also practice on doing a hose lay that is the span of a mile and learn how to do relay pumping in that situation, because of it being such a long distance.

To answer you other question I would advance in to the barn from where there is no fire and start there and push it out the other way over the stuff that had already burned, that is only common seines. I think that department needs to go and take a refresher course in fire fighting. It is a disappointment to here what they did, it sounds like they have to many chiefs and not enough Indians to do the work.

MIKE

 

[Hale on wheels]

I'm sorry for your loss, but, idiots or not, they did show up and try to help.



Funny how the AR-15 no tresspassing sign worked better than the cardboard one!

 

[Jff24Gordn]

Well, the indians kicked the cheifs out, and they are wanna be cheifs, and they dont have a clue, or able to find one. And refreshing courses are probably boaring, and they would want to do that. And the community aint big enough to fire the whole FD and start over.

 

[Jff24Gordn]

The indians kicked out the cheifs and are now actine like chiefs when it is convient. Refreshing courses probably seem boaring and inconvient, so they dont do them. The poeple they kicked out were the 2 licenses fire investigators. Who needs to investigate a fire anyways, the insurance co will do that.

 

[dseabaugh]

You can feel good if you had insurance to cover it even though it is a pia. Same thing happened to me in '92. Our Fire dept that I used to be on called in 2 City fire departments to help (3 total are within 3 miles of me). Luckily they saved the combine by tying on to it and dragging it out. They Kept enough water on the 4x4 tractor to keep it from burning but it blistered the tires , paint, cracked the glass, and melted the grill. Saved it though. 80 mph straightline winds had blown down our barn 25 feet away the month before and for some reason they saved it. Only had $70,000 in insurance and losses totaled about $400,000. Never have been able to replace the machine shed or shop because the equipment was more important. This is a warning to everyone to reguarly check to see that your insurance is keeping up with your assets and improvements. We were so busy with other things that we didn't pay attention to that and were 10 years behind. I've got a metal building now. just need to save enough for concrete to put it up. Soory about your loss and don't give in to the insurance guys they tried to depreciate my tools ( lifetime warranty doesn't depreciate, and I had receipts for everything. Had a Farm sale the year before downsizing after giving up 1200 acres of lease ground and everything was new .

 

[dseabaugh]

What do they do for training? we trained ever other Sunday. Had to Pull Pumper out of Firehouse then Blindfolded Make water pressure, Lots of sequence to go through with Pto, valves etc. to simulate doing it in the dark. had big portable tank that we would thow up on site to pump out of and Tankers would relay water to it. Lost some and saved some but had a good insurance rating. Some Sundays were rescue training carrying a man down a ladder from second story. They need to sit down and seriously discuss what they need to do if it is the way you say.