Yup...you are correct. Times have changed a lot and not necessarily for the better.

 

Ohhh I agree..

And another factor involved is with all of these regulations changing all the time and more being put in place ..

Who in hell would want to get involved

 

Yeah, it's making it almost impossible for volunteers anymore. Nowadays, with all if the regs coming out, if you don't do this stuff full time and paid, you can't afford to take the time out to train, etc.

 

Makes me want to sit down with these clowns and try and figure out why they..Come with these regulations and crap


Make them understand what is really going on out there..

At time I do not see that we're any better now then 30 years ago

 

no sun bu no rain... well, that's something

 

Thats a good sign Daved...I wish I could dry out......This is nuts

 

Afternoon folks! Yeah Sean, it's like so many other things...the decision makers are never the ones in the field that have to implement the changes.

 

Morning Yankee fans.

 

Afternoon Shaun!

 

John so well spoken and oh so true.

Case in point... I was told that it is now required for a tanker to carry an extension ladder on it. WTF??? the purpose for a tanker is to dump and run to refill, not sit on scene of a fire. Now this tanker did also have a 1000 gpm pump on it so I would consider it a combination tanker/pumper.

 

Afternoon John.

 

Good afternoon everyone........How is it going?

 

Hey Neil and Shaun! Yeah Neil, it never fails. These guys wouldn't know what end of that tanker to hook a hose to if their lives depended on it. But give them a little decision-making power, and hold on! I face the same thing all the time and it is frustrating to say the least. Oh, but let one of their houses catch on fire and your tanker runs out of water but you can't run and refill because somebody needed that extension ladder off the side. You can bet your butt that they'd be the first ones screaming at you to go get more water and forget the ladder!

 

Hey Sean! How goes it today?

 

And WTF..regulation that all trucks now to have a auto tranies