01-07-2012, 01:24 AM
Thanks for letting us all know about the fire at Woodland Scenics Lester.
I am glad everyone got out safely,that fire sure was intense.
I found the information about insufficient town water supply to fight the fire to be very disturbing to say the least. No point having big shiny fire trucks with impressive pumping capacities if you don't have access to enough water. Look for the yellow storage pool in video clip 4 being topped up while the other trucks are busy sucking it dry. I found it a bit strange that they were using a storage pool and not direct connections to the tanker trucks.
Watching the video got me thinking about a new type of fire truck I saw at one of the US fire truck manufacturer's websites. It basically is a truck with a hydraulic telescoping arm that is equipped with a spike that can break through roofs and walls to then push a sprinkler head in to fight the fire.
Mark
I am glad everyone got out safely,that fire sure was intense.
I found the information about insufficient town water supply to fight the fire to be very disturbing to say the least. No point having big shiny fire trucks with impressive pumping capacities if you don't have access to enough water. Look for the yellow storage pool in video clip 4 being topped up while the other trucks are busy sucking it dry. I found it a bit strange that they were using a storage pool and not direct connections to the tanker trucks.
Watching the video got me thinking about a new type of fire truck I saw at one of the US fire truck manufacturer's websites. It basically is a truck with a hydraulic telescoping arm that is equipped with a spike that can break through roofs and walls to then push a sprinkler head in to fight the fire.
Mark
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