training

[crazypittman]

Hey, involved in a volunteer fire department for three years, and am trying to find some good information on training, and preparing scenarios for training nights. Any good sites I can search.

[Kirk]

It is not quite what you asked for, but on our site I have put some of our training tasks that I make the guys do.
Here is the link.

http://ca.geocities.com/stmfdyfs/

Go to the training section.Let me know what you think.
Kirk
Website (http://ca.geocities.com/stmfdyfs/)

[Whitewater_419]

I get a "This site is temporarily unavailable" message :(

-Marc

[Kirk]

Hmm,,Ok try this link
http://ca.geocities.com/stmfdyfs/index.html
Let me know
Kirk

[Whitewater_419]

Ahh, that works! Nice site - Out of curiosity, how much did it cost to rig out the wildfire truck ? I bet having that available to you guys cuts your response time down by a few minutes!

[Kirk]

Hey,
We have always had a "bush buggy" for grass fires. It was originally a 1/2 ton truck with a pump and old oil tank as a water tank on it. Recently this past year we refitted it to what you see today. Removed the OEM box and replaced it with a 7 ft by 9 ft checker plate platform. Will be building a stainless steel 700 gallon tank and have purchased a new pump for it. We added dual wheels on the rear which will help for traction and control. It carries our wajax pump and all our forestry stuff, including 6 bags of hose with 600 ft in each bag.
So far we have spent over 10 g's to retrofit the truck, but that figure includes $5000 for the pump alone.
We have used it a couple of times in its new form for a couple of fires, and have even used it once to transport a casualty out of the brush after he hit a tree with his motorcycle.

It is a great asset to our fleet as we have the ability to move men, hoses, pumps, etc right to the fires edge and do not have to walk it all in.

Kirk

[crazypittman]

Thanks alot Kirk, any help is good help and the training and the site is interesting.