Originally posted by firetruckred

Do you look at your map and see that there are no hydrants and call this in for help before you are there? Not enough time cause your gearing up? Who would call this in and when?
Are you suppose to arrive in the engine truck, do what you can, then set up for the tanker to come? Again manpower. We have an issue with manpower here! Only one truck leaves, usually, until further info is given.
Our typical structure response is 4 heavy Engines (what easterners would call "pumper-tankers") with 2,000+ gals each onboard.
How long does it take to set up the drafting? I watched a few vidoes on drafting. Guess it depends on how many guys are there and how long before the Tanker shows up? Could be busy fighting the fire?
We are paid and volly.
I know depending on who is there and who shows up plays alot into these questions for a small town. Unfortunetly we don't operate 4 man to a truck. We have 2 or 3 paid on 24/48 shifts and we depend on vollies.
I know depending on who is there and who shows up plays alot into these questions for a small town. Unfortunetly we don't operate 4 man to a truck. We have 2 or 3 paid on 24/48 shifts and we depend on vollies.
If we're "lucky", the "big ones" come in during a company training/business meeting...we're rarely lucky, though.
If it was done right, Tell me what happens from the time you leave the firehouse till the time you pack up, what you would do. I am not criticing the IC or the brothers here in my town. I just want to know how to do it right when or if it happens to me. We have had this happen and it concerns me.
*tones drop along with initial dispatch* If you're not familiar with the address/location, look on the wall map (complete with addresses, too) and find where you're going, pick a good route. Jump in structure gear, throw wildland gear in a compartment, get in Engine. Go enroute on the radio. Consider what was reported in the initial dispatch--our dispatchers are pretty good about giving whatever info they can get out of an RP... is this a dryer fire in the detached garage? Is it a room and contents fire? Or is the structure pretty well involved? Discuss tactics and formulate an initial game-plan based upon what info you have so far and your knowledge of the area, local building construction, specific knowledge of the building (if pre-planned/target hazard), etc.
Arrive on-scene, Engineer/Captain gives intial radio report and quick size-up, requests/cancels additional resources, sets pump in gear, and quickly interviews witnesses/victims, begins 360 if no immediate rescue situation. Firefighter pulls pre-connect and soft-charges, sets throttle and relief valve for correct discharge pressure per SOG and individual apparatus specs (assuming sufficient seniority and training). If an immediate rescue situation, Firefighter and Engineer pack up and make entry with preconnected hoseline to begin search for victims.
If no immediate rescue situation, begin indirect exterior attack (if possible) until sufficient resources are on-scene to establish 2-in/2-out rule. Once 2/2 rule is in-place, begin interior operations if ranking officer on-scene determines it is safe to do so.
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