Should Officers know how to run the pump?

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Permalink Reply by Cody W. Nelson on May 14, 2009 at 5:54pm

Yes. The officer should know that truck inside and out. The officer should be your go to guy when the operator doesn't know what to do. Some of the best officers I know were some of the best equipment operators i knew!

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Permalink Reply by John Rulli Jr. on May 14, 2009 at 8:30pm

Your officers are your go to guy/gal. they should be able to preform any task.

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Permalink Reply by William Ross Efird on May 14, 2009 at 9:26pm

Anybody can be a lever puller.

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Permalink Reply by DUST on May 14, 2009 at 9:55pm

Good point! Lever pullers can operate a pump because they know which levers to pull in sequence but they don't really understand what the truck is physically doing like a good pump operator...when something unusual happens they won't know what to do.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Everson on May 14, 2009 at 9:55pm

Yes, Everyone needs to know how to get water out of the truck..."Period!" We have guys that love it, live for it and excel in truck operations, but everyone needs to know the bascis!

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Permalink Reply by Doug on May 14, 2009 at 9:59pm

Yes, all officers not just the chief should know how to run the pump, in our department to be an officer you must know how to run all the trucks.

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Permalink Reply by Abe Winter on May 25, 2009 at 9:17am

we have a total of 20 guys on our dept. so everyone know how to run the pump some maybe better than others but every has the basics down well except for 3 or 4 who never show for anything

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Permalink Reply by Chuck Wright on May 25, 2009 at 9:33am

if you are an officer you should know how to run all engines or pumps

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Permalink Reply by Kenneth Holley on May 25, 2009 at 10:49am

I take it from your question that they (officers) don't have to know at your department.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Frazer on May 25, 2009 at 10:26pm

No progression for us you can go from firefighter to division chief and skip everything in between. It's a screwed up system, after all how can you supervise or evaluate performance if you can't do the job.

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Permalink Reply by Kyle on May 25, 2009 at 10:32pm

right on. why would you wanted some on in charge that dont know the equipment.

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Permalink Reply by Kyle on May 25, 2009 at 10:29pm

personally i feel that the officers should know how to run the pump. I feel as if every officer should know pretty much everything there is to do with the fire service. How can a officer be in charge if their self dont know how to use there own equipment.

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