fire firegeezer on 23 Feb 2008 10:02 am
Is That What I Think It Is?
In A Word, YES !
FireNews.net photo
If you live in the country, you have to be resourceful. When a Duplin County, North Carolina, fire department had a major commercial fire they needed two master streams, but only have one aerial truck.
So they went to Plan B and put in a “special call” to the Coastal Carolina Concrete Pumping Co. for their concrete pumper. Wallace Engine 6 supplied it with 5″ LDH.
Firegeezer suspects that they have drilled previously on this option. They have certainly cemented a good relationship with the company.
FireNews.net has the full story and exclusive pictures HERE.
Update, Feb. 26:
After reading the FireNews.net article, check the update HERE.
on 23 Feb 2008 at 2:50 pm 1.FireBoss said …
Smart move on the concrete pumper! Someone had their stuff together!
on 23 Feb 2008 at 4:19 pm 2.Laddr68 said …
A few years ago the industrial fire departments for the oil refineries started to use these trucks so why not structural. No different then contracting with a pool Co for a tanker. Good work guys.
on 25 Feb 2008 at 8:03 am 3.Jeff Harkey said …
Bill:
One of our local Fire Chiefs had a question about the concrete pump:
I saw photographs on FireNews.Net of a concrete pump truck being used as an aerial device at a commercial building structure fire in Wallace. I know this type of device is commercially available on fire apparatus. However, I am interested in knowing how the concrete truck was untilized and supplied with water when it was pressed into action during this recent fire.
Thanks
Edward P. Brinson, Fire Chief
Fairview Fire Department
4501 Ten-Ten Road
Apex, NC 27539
Telephone 919-362-8445
Fax 919-387–3437
Someone familiar with the area had the story:
Chief Brinson,
This truck is operated by a Wallace fireman and they have adapted it to be used as an aerial device if needed. We used it in Warsaw at a commercial structure fire downtown in 1997, at Carrolls Mill twice in the past few years and has been available if needed. It is set to recieve several 3″ lines or 5″ and has a discharge on the end if you need to hook a smaller wye on it. The time I remember using it was on Carrolls Mill, we had a 2.5″ x 2.5″x2.5″ wye hooked to it. It is very useful being their is no aerial device in Duplin County. Recently 2 departments around in border counties have obtained such aerial devices.
Sincerely
Lee Kennedy
Assistant Chief
Faison Fire & Rescue