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Shawn, Thank you for responding so fast. We have 4 engines and a Quint but there is automatic aid for more engines and a truck in the surrounding cities. We are not using the truck as a second line...
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Our fire department just got our first truck and I was looking for some advice from experienced FF's. I am the senior FF on the truck and want to brush up and learn as much as I can about operating...
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If you would like send me an e-mail with your addressee and I can snail mail you some training books on truck co ops. It sounds like we run darn near the same , we pull our line as a last resort reason being we dont have 2 1/2 on it so its hard to...
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Shawn, Thank you for responding so fast. We have 4 engines and a Quint but there is automatic aid for more engines and a truck in the surrounding cities. We are not using the truck as a second line, it is truck co ops unless we arrive first and th...
My first question is staffing do you have the man power so that the engines can run as engines and the truckies can be truckies. Are you a quint, are you expected to use your truck as another line or are you just expected to carry out ventilation ...
Our fire department just got our first truck and I was looking for some advice from experienced FF's. I am the senior FF on the truck and want to brush up and learn as much as I can about operating as a Truck company. Thank you for the help.
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- At 7:37pm on October 31, 2009,
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- Hey Grant. Welcome to the community. One thing we require of all members is the use of full first and last names. Pleaser update your profile to reflect this. Thanks
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