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Again, 2009 Canadian Winter - for Andy again, Reference picture 21279: a neighboring Fire Dept Pumper/Tanker, on Mutual Aid, "on the Hydrant", so to speak; for this is a rural area, with no water-mains, or, fire hydrants, whatsoever.
The Water Supply is a hill-side pond, and they are filling Tankers on the Water Shuttle (to fire-scene), out of sight to the left. Between fillings, the Pumper and Portable Pump are kept running the pond-water through the hoses, so that nothing freezes up solid.
This is a fish-pond, stocked with Brown Trout; wisely, they had gone to the depths for the winter; as far as we know, no "Trout Puree" went through the pumps !
Regards, Pat_R-B
Again, 2009 Canadian Winter - for Andy again, Reference picture 21279: a neighboring Fire Dept Pumper/Tanker, on Mutual Aid, "on the Hydrant", so to speak; for this is a rural area, with no water-mains, or, fire hydrants, whatsoever.
The Water Supply is a hill-side pond, and they are filling Tankers on the Water Shuttle (to fire-scene), out of sight to the left. Between fillings, the Pumper and Portable Pump are kept running the pond-water through the hoses, so that nothing freezes up solid.
This is a fish-pond, stocked with Brown Trout; wisely, they had gone to the depths for the winter; as far as we know, no "Trout Puree" went through the pumps !
Regards, Pat_R-B
Pat, I am curious. In this configuration, are both the portable pump and the pumper being used together to fill the tankers? What is the total pumper output between the two.
Thanks.
Added by David L on 06 January 2010.
Thanks.
Added by David L on 06 January 2010.
Sure, David; they are sharing the same hole in the ice, for Suction Hoses.
A local Fire-Crew set up first, with the 500 IGPM(2270 litres per minute) Portable Pump; and started filling Tankers.
This Pumper/Tanker came on Mutual Aid, a trip of some 30 km (19 miles) from his Fire-Hall; he first dumped his 1200 Imperial Gallons (5,455 litres) water-load into the Porta-Tank on-scene.
Then he backed up this hill, no water on board; and set up to fill the other Tankers. I believe, that he has a 1050 IGPM (4775 litres per minute) Pump; so he was much faster for filling.
There were 2 or 3 empty Tankers lined up at first; once the Tanker Shuttle got going (it was a short trip to the fire), he could handle them one at a time.
The Portable Pump was kept running, for back-up; and so it wouldn't freeze up, it-self.
The Portable Pump crew were over-joyed to find this hole, kept open by the pond-water draining out.
The ice was very thick (good enough for ice-skating!); it would have taken some moments to cut through it; and, of course, all the arriving Pumpers and Tankers had used up nearly all their on-board water.
In rural areas; Water Supply can be quite a business. It can take up quite a lot of man-power; people who aren't actually at the fire-scene; to get that Precious Stuff flowing regularly.
Regards,
Pat_R-B
Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 08 January 2010.
A local Fire-Crew set up first, with the 500 IGPM(2270 litres per minute) Portable Pump; and started filling Tankers.
This Pumper/Tanker came on Mutual Aid, a trip of some 30 km (19 miles) from his Fire-Hall; he first dumped his 1200 Imperial Gallons (5,455 litres) water-load into the Porta-Tank on-scene.
Then he backed up this hill, no water on board; and set up to fill the other Tankers. I believe, that he has a 1050 IGPM (4775 litres per minute) Pump; so he was much faster for filling.
There were 2 or 3 empty Tankers lined up at first; once the Tanker Shuttle got going (it was a short trip to the fire), he could handle them one at a time.
The Portable Pump was kept running, for back-up; and so it wouldn't freeze up, it-self.
The Portable Pump crew were over-joyed to find this hole, kept open by the pond-water draining out.
The ice was very thick (good enough for ice-skating!); it would have taken some moments to cut through it; and, of course, all the arriving Pumpers and Tankers had used up nearly all their on-board water.
In rural areas; Water Supply can be quite a business. It can take up quite a lot of man-power; people who aren't actually at the fire-scene; to get that Precious Stuff flowing regularly.
Regards,
Pat_R-B
Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 08 January 2010.
Hi Paul W. - you guys are having quite a time of it, with the snow and ice, and the cold, on "your side of the pond".
Our television news shows were showing the Satellite Photo of the British Isles, snow-covered completely, from the north to south ("John o' Groats to Land's End"?)
All that gritting (salting the roads) will probably be murder on your Fire Equipment body-work - due to electolytic reaction corrosion. The salt solution finds its way into all the cracks and crevices; so that even after the gritting has stopped, it only has to get wet again to carry on eating away the metals.....
For your interest; I think you have a deeper layer of snow down this week-end, than we do here on the eastern sea-coast of Canada.
And, have you noticed, while shivering away in the extreme cold dip - how the Media always seem to be going on, about "Global Warming" ?!?
Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B
Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 10 January 2010.
Our television news shows were showing the Satellite Photo of the British Isles, snow-covered completely, from the north to south ("John o' Groats to Land's End"?)
All that gritting (salting the roads) will probably be murder on your Fire Equipment body-work - due to electolytic reaction corrosion. The salt solution finds its way into all the cracks and crevices; so that even after the gritting has stopped, it only has to get wet again to carry on eating away the metals.....
For your interest; I think you have a deeper layer of snow down this week-end, than we do here on the eastern sea-coast of Canada.
And, have you noticed, while shivering away in the extreme cold dip - how the Media always seem to be going on, about "Global Warming" ?!?
Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B
Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 10 January 2010.
Hi Pat. Yes your right about the salt getting everywhere and causing bodywork damage. We are not washing the engines at the moment as the water freezes as soon as it hits the ground, we are just keeping lights and important bits clean. In my fire service We have upgraded our Predetermined attendance (PDA) to known fires in buildings from 2 to 3 pumps due to difficulties locating hydrants under lying snow. Some officers have been issued with Land Rovers to reach incidents off the main road.
Added by Paul Warnock on 10 January 2010.
Added by Paul Warnock on 10 January 2010.
Nice photo. That way we get our water in here rural Finland too. But most of our new tankers doesn't have change to pump straight in tank with suction hose. So must fill thought portable pump only.
Added by ArtoP on 02 March 2010.
Added by ArtoP on 02 March 2010.
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Added by Paul Warnock on 05 January 2010.