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- Otisco FD
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- President/Past chief
- Years of public service:
- 41
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- Volunteer fire department
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Todd McKee
Our fire chief said we could try going wet last winter, and within a month, we had a 5-year driver freeze up some pump drains left at 30 below for 4 hours without circulating. His excuse? He'd never heard of circulating in cold weather. Every time I'm shoulder deep in the pump with a sponge, I quietly cuss him out. Our ladders and platforms get immediately drained when their master streams are no longer needed, but we have had problems with ice sheets inside keeping them from retracting. If a hoseline does freeze despite keeping it cracked out a window or down a toilet, we just throw it in the back of a department pickup to thaw at the station.
Being from a large dept I'm interested in small town , espicially rural volunteer dept. training. How do you guys train your officers for the fire ground?
Thanks for joining CSF (Common Sense Firefighting). We're working to make it a decision making on the fire ground page. I see you are the chief of the dept. It's always good to hear the chief's perspective on fire ground decisions. Where is Otisco FD?
How are things up there, I was just up teaching a class for Canastota, it was COLD.
Jay
Great to have you on the site brother looking forward to hearing more from you