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0 pointsjonah4mo ago0 comments

Wow. We're probably more rural and can't fit such large apparatus in many places we have to go. Out our type 1 engine carries 1,000 gallons, and our type 3 (wildland) 500 gallons and our tenders have 2,000.

1,000 isn't going to put out a house fire unless it's really small and not fully involved. The past two good structure fires we had took 20,000 and 60,000 to gallons respectively.

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dreamcompiler4mo ago

Agreed. We could never put out a residential structure fire with one truck's worth of water. That's why we ask for mutual aid and an army of shuttling tenders shows up.

Our big tender never leaves the street; it's too big and too heavy for residential driveways.

We do have a brush truck for tighter spots and for use as a relay pump for extra long driveways.

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0 pointsjonah4mo ago0 comments

1,000 isn't going to put out a house fire unless it's really small and not fully involved. The past two good structure fires we had took 20,000 and 60,000 to gallons respectively.

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dreamcompiler4mo ago

Agreed. We could never put out a residential structure fire with one truck's worth of water. That's why we ask for mutual aid and an army of shuttling tenders shows up.

Our big tender never leaves the street; it's too big and too heavy for residential driveways.

We do have a brush truck for tighter spots and for use as a relay pump for extra long driveways.

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