Water and personnel are the most valuable resources fire departments have in controlling fire in rural America. However, both seem to be in short supply and are cited as reasons for the ineffectiveness of rural departments. There is a better way. The focus of this webcast is on the challenges for rural fire departments and ways to address them through training.
Presented by Jason Estep Chief Engineer Morrisvale (WV) Volunteer Fire Department
12:00 PM Central Standard Time
01:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time
18:00 Greenwich Mean Time
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Among these issues are the following:
1. Fire departments are failing to set the dump tank. Nurse tanker operations are ineffective and do not support the fire flows that today’s modern construction demands.
2. Firefighters have lost the ability to recognize usable water sources.
3. We are very inefficient in fill site operations, and they are very labor intensive.
Among solutions discussed are the vacuum tanker, which greatly enhances fill operations, improves fill time, and saves personnel, and fill site operations, which are measured in a metric of gallon per minute per firefighter, which gives a good rating of the efficiency of an operation.
