Engine Company Operations-Engineer

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I've created this group for all of us that have one of the most difficult jobs during any working fire. I hope that we can share ideas and/or difficulties from the job that we all may learn from.
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Open or closed drains??

by Michael Rude

Oct 13, 2008

Not sure if all of you got the message from me...I was wondering, especially for those of us getting ready for the winter months, if you run your drains open or closed for the winter...I prefer mine to be closed...2 reasons...1- I don't have to run around the rig closing everything on a job...and 2...I feel it keeps salt and road grime from entering that part of the plumbing...Just curious what your depts have you do..Stay Safe and watch for the idiot driver!! EGH!!!! RudeDog
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    Tom Londo

    Mike,
    We keep our drains closed until after a run. Once we are back in house the engineer opens all drains and empties the waterways sometimes with the help of a heat gun. Once this is done he then closes them once more. The philosophy is that it is better to have things frozen closed on scene than have an oversized sprinkler in the front of a building making lots of ice. Stay safe

    Londo

    Oct 15, 2008

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    Doug Ott

    Mike, We keep our discharge drains closed while our intake drains are open throughout the year. During our winter months (in the St. Louis, Missouri area) if the temp is 20 degrees F or lower our policy states that we are to run the pump while at the scene of any call and then once we get back to quarters we open all of the drains and then empty any water out of the capped discharges and intakes. Then we again close the discharge drains and leave the intake drains open.

    Pretty much what Londo said. Have fun, Doug

    Dec 2, 2008

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    Shareef Abdu Nur

    We run our pumps on all calls in the winter and keep all of our drains closed. When we get back in quarters we open all of the drains and then close them again.

    Dec 14, 2008