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Brings to mind people that buy a big "rescue Pumper", current movement int he country. In minnesota, there big, like a boxcar, and got stuff I never dreamed of on an engine when I was a captain. Then, these nice people go out and buy a mini pumper...
Very good article. I delivered a 100 foot tiller just 24 years ago with Hand operated tormentors. The fire dept never read there specification!
Good thing there riding in Seagrave fire trucks. Aluminum, would have been a major disaster
Nice to see Long Beach buying the tiller with the best ladder!
Stupid
Any station will have Seagraves. 198 frontline engine companies. Near as many ladders, and Aerialscopes. FDNY folks are friendly to visiting jakes.
Have a good time and report to us.
20 years ago I taught real fire ground friction loss. If you dont use it you loose it. We used a finger method to teach it.
Water is very slippery to its own molecules but abrasive to everything else. If you double the size of a pipe, you increase...
Retired FMO , 20 years ago. Retired Seagrave Dist. Now for 2 years or so helping a midwest Dealer get going. Minnesota and WI. Im a h ard headed old fashioned jake and believe the FMO should have his feet on the street. Not up in the air playing k...
People who drive and operate these giants we call firetrucks.
Once a month is enough. Dragging dead horses around should not be a weekly activity. Saturday morning, one evening, checking the stuff and the apparatus, comradarie, training etc. Hey, this is what its about. The business meetings are a drag!!!!
Lets talk about the best place for the FMO to be at a fire. Top mount playing king of the hill, feet on the street where they belong, or worse yet, enclosed top mount pump operation?
F model Seagrave pumping engine-1926?-This model probably had the best fire pump ever built. All bronze, 4 impellers equivalent to two two stage pumps of over 500 gallon capacity each. Truck drive line went through the pump drive. Like today expe...
Profile Information
- Hometown:
- Minneapolis MN
- I Live: (City, State)
- Bovey Minnesota
- Years in Fire/EMS:
- 12
- Why I Joined the Fire/EMS:
- Started a fire department while a TWP Supervisor years ago, so I joined the dept.
- Relationship Status:
- Married
- Primary Fire/EMS Department:
- Seagrave sales=Retired Captain
- Department Type:
- Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer
- Rank/Role There:
- Retired
- My Training:
- Extensive, served 8 years board of directors FIAM. Fire instructors association of Minnesota, edited newsletter 8 years.
- About Me:
- Nearing 70 years in June, working for RNOW Fire apparatus division. Seagrave Dealer for Minnesota and Wisconsin. Tough job selling real fire engines in this land of aluminum junk.
- Day Job:
- day and night.
- Side Jobs or Other Organizations:
- German Shepherd dogs.
- Top Issues Facing Responders:
- Riding to an emergency in an aluminum and plastic cab is like riding in an eggshell. If you ride in one of these, always know whom is driving. Most of the old time custom builders have been run out of business by the marketing of the aluminum giants. The money made in the apparatus business is made on what you the firemen do not get!
- I Love Being in Fire/EMS Because:
- Lifetime hobby=Job.
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- At 8:05pm on May 17, 2009,
DoubleH..Harry said… - Hi Mark
We had a great '67 C model Ford/Seagrave for yrs and also a used '64 75' Seagrave Aerial that served us well .TCSS Harry
- At 5:48pm on May 13, 2009,
Fireyladd Chief Sharp said… - Mark, welcome to the FF Nation Bro. I am glad you dropped in to join the group. Dont be shy. There is lots to do, read and be involved with. Your participation and involvement is important to us all. Takes a bit to kinda figure it all out but you will be glad you did. Have fun and look around.
Chief William Sharp
Southern Oregon Coast
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i do agree that rams are a great tool that does get over looked alot. i do have a comment on the dash lift though. I am in PA and i have been instructed by instructers here that rams are not always a good idea for the dash lift because, then you h...
You're right Joe -
If they don't want to train - they don't want to be firefighters. If they don't want to train - please don't get on my fire engine. My family and I deserve better.
I've always told my wife: You may not like the dangers associa...
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