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Bad House Fire a Town Away....
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Loyd Dittfurth Nov 18.

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Loyd Dittfurth replied to Ray's discussion 'Bad House Fire a Town Away....'
I know this is against every thing yall know but it works for us out in the backwoods of texas. When there is a structure we use our make shift deck gun (hand moved - truck mounted). The reason for this is there is 1 powerguy in the county if he ...
November 18
truckeewads replied to Ray's discussion 'Bad House Fire a Town Away....'
Good video. I would have to agree that the deck gun was appropriate or at least a 2.5"handline. Without knowing the whole picture it is hard to second guess anything. Don't believe that much more damage is being caused in that short of time by usi...
November 17
Jack/dt replied to Ray's discussion 'Bad house fire a town away....'
I've watched that video a couple of times, what I notice most is the intense fire on the porch, so much so that the stairs, all the way to the ground, are on fire. Secondly, with the intense heat the windows off of the porch most likely were compr...
November 17
John Crabbe replied to Ray's discussion 'Bad house fire a town away....'
How many departments would have pulled the inch and three quarters pre connects? Even with two or three flowing together, it would not have had the knock-down effect. I guess the only factor would be what is seen with a 360. If this appears to be...
November 16
Jeff Cole replied to Ray's discussion 'Bad house fire a town away....'
Besides maybe a little rough work on the initial stretch (pull it ALL out of the bed with one shot...grab it, keep moving), a good, qucik hit with the deck gun, 'blitz attack' knocked it down. How many departments would have pulled the inch and th...
November 16
Jay Nicholson replied to Ray's discussion 'Bad house fire a town away....'
A point I sometimes try to get across. We tend to use the same tactics on every fire. Lay a line and pull an 1.75" pre-connect. On a fire like this, might as well piss on a campfire after the dogs and marshmallows are finished. 2.5" and/or a deck ...
November 16
John Rulli Jr. replied to Ray's discussion 'Bad house fire a town away....'
Its bin a while since we had a fire like that!!!!! The deck gun works great for a quick nock on well involved structures.
November 15

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At 12:07am on July 28, 2009, Southern Chick said…
Hey There! Thanks for all your Support! Take Care!
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At 10:50pm on December 4, 2008, Michael Vito said…
Welcome to the FFN and from firefighters everywhere. From the Philippines. Good luck to you and your new journey in the fire service. God Bless ya Ray! TCSS, mike
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Hi, Neighbor, Welcome to the Club. WOOT
 
 

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Loyd Dittfurth replied to Ted Bownas's discussion 'Where's The Money, Honey?'
well I know of a few departments that have needed through there books. One of which was very close to my home town. That department I can name a few purchases that would make you cringe and theres nothing that any of us can do about it. last year...
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In our dept. the board of Fire Commissioners control the money , i have a equipment budget/ unifrom budget/training budget/ truck repair and maint. budget/ every month i submit mt equipment/ uniform requests for approval by the board . i price [ 3...
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