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How many fires?
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We currently use the minute man load. I prefer the triple load but our chief said it was to confusing to load. I have found a new way to deploy the minute man where it kinda comes out like the triple lay. The problem we had was that when you got t...
Thanks everyone for your reply!! I have not had any progress yet with getting the chief to change his mind. I am hoping to in the near future build a wood mock of our crosslay bed that will allow members to come and practice deploying the hose loa...
We use 200' crosslay preconnects (2 1 3/4, and 1 2 1/2) on every apparatus we run, including our aerial/ladders, and squads. We have the loops at 40 and 120, nozzle on the top. I have used the minuteman on previous dept. and really liked them. Cur...
David-In Salt Lake City we currently use the flat load for our cross lays and I do not like them. With a lot of our residential structures set back the lengths are currently between 200'- 250'. Imagine if you will 100'+ of hose in a mess in the fr...
First of all you got to understand the load and it should have a method for how it is to be stretched. Also, you got to know what the job ofthe nozzle person is. the nozzle person is responnsible for the nozzle and the working length. If you are s...
We load our crosslays the same way as Drew, flat loaded. I also have to agree with Drew on the training issue. Some members feel that they pulled the load successfully once, so that makes them a pro, not true. train and train some more. Proper str...
We use a flat load. All preconnects are 200 feet crosslays/Mattydales and we run both 1&3/4 and 2&1/2. We pack them as follows.
Our beds are three folds wide
First 50 flat loaded across full width then 18 inch arm loop on each side of the appratus...
That's awesome Adam! Thanks for the pics!
Profile Information
- Department:
- Medford Farms Vol Fire Co
- Title/rank:
- Lieutenant
- Years of public service:
- 5
- Agency structure:
- Volunteer fire department
- Top issues in your department:
- 1. Lack of training among certian memebers.
2. Unwillingness for change to occur among some.
- Professional Qualifications:
- Firefighter 1, EMT-B, Fire Officer 1, Rope Rescue, Vehicle Rescue Tech,
Confined Space Ops, Hazmat Ops, RIT, I-300, Wildland S130-S190, Building Construction,
- Topics you provide training for:
- SCBA, RIT, Ladder Company, Engine Company, Firefighter Saftey and Survival.
- Areas of expertise:
- Truck Company Operations, Vehicle Rescue, RIT, Firefighter Saftey and Survival.
- Bio:
- My Name is David Klotz and I began my career in the fire service 5 years ago with the Medford Farms Vol. Fire Co. Located in Tabernacle NJ. I have for the past four years served as a firefighter EMT on the company until this year when I was eleceted as 2nd lieutenant. Currently I am a full time student at a local community college. I have taken many classes at the fire training center in a wide rage of topics. I am one of the bigest proponets of training our department and I believe that training is not somthing that you should every stop doing. I am currently working towards an Instructor Certification in the State of New Jersey. I am always looking for new training ideas and I would never say I am an expert in any feild just that I study and train very hard in certian ones.
- Web site:
- http://www.tabernaclefire.org
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Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 10:18pm on July 4, 2008,
Steve Gooley said… - Dave,
Did you take the ROCO class with Bristle Meyers last week?
- At 10:06am on May 27, 2008,
Steve Gooley said…
- Welcome to the New Jersey Group. Make sure you invite your fellow New Jersey Brothers. This is your group so feel free to pass on some knowledge, start or join any discussion, or if you’re looking for a place to vent, vent away.
- At 1:23pm on May 22, 2008,
Steve Gooley said…
- Welcome to the site. Take a look at the New Jersey group located at http://community.fireengineering.com/group/newjersey. Feel free to join and make it your own.
- At 1:00am on May 10, 2008,
Dennis E Sampson said… - Hey David,
Look in the forum under Regionalization Breaking down home rule. There are some posted info thst can help you. It sounds like you are at the beginning stages of regionalization. Good Luck!!!!!!
STAY SAFE !! DENNIS
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