Yeah it is going to be alot of cleanup once it is out Neil. And the county uses alot of LDH for supply lines since most of the county has hydrants. Most units run 5 inch supply lines on their engines as well as some 3 inch and then attack lines are either 1.5" or 2". some units also have reel lines. Most of the companies on the first alarm will have alot of hose to rack up. The 3rd alarm wont have too much to put back on at this point. Their units are back at a staging area and they walk up. Right across the street from teh bldg is a funeral home as well.

 

Here is how the newest engines teh county owns have their hose layed out Neil.

Two crosslays with 200 feet of 1¾" hose; hosebed contains 1,400 feet of 4" hose, 500 feet of 3" hose, 400 feet of 2½" hose and 400 feet of 1¾" hose

 

Neil just got word that the person that was transported to the hospital was a civilian.

 

On our pumper/tanker we are carrying 900' of 4" LDH, 250' 2.5" preconnected, 200' of 2.5" in a dead lay and two crosslays of 200' 1.75". Our engine is carrying 900' of 4" LDH, 250' of 2.5" preconnected, 300' 2.5" in a dead lay, two cross lays of 250' each, one 100' trash line and another trash line with 150' and foam inductor. The trash lines are 1.75"

 

Hopefully their injuries are not life threatening.

 

Not to far off from what the new county engines have here Neil. For most of the engines the county has 1500 gpm Hale pumps. They carry 750 gallons of water. One of the new engines the put in service about 2 yrs ago now has a 1000 gallon tank because it is in a more rural area.

 

The news just said they were life threatening injuries Neil.

 

Our pumper/tanker has a 1500 gpm Darley pump and 1500 gallons of water. 10" square quick dump can empty the tank into a portable pond in about 40 seconds.

The engine has a 1250 gpm Hale pump and 1000 gallons water.

 

Sounds like fun Neil.

 

Shaun the pictures that I posted in the past of the block fire from a few months ago, that was our pumper/tanker at that call. It is our first out for structure fires, mutual aid calls and fill ins. I will respond as a tanker if needed.

We roll out engine second due on fires, first out for MVA's and any rescue calls.

 

That is not good.

 

That's cool Neil. I was just listening to the sports on the local news here Neil. The Baltimore Ravens just had a player suffer a possible season ending hip injury.

 

Have a good one Neil.

 

Later Shaun.

 

Good morning New York, hope you guys are having a great weekend!