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    Brockway Fire Apparatus

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    2 hours ago, yarnall said:

    I do not own the yellow brockway. I forget the owner’s name but I have talked to him several times.  I think he is from NJ. Mike 

    The yellow Huskiteer is the twin to the one I posted from Johnson City.  It carries Saulsbury #1341.

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    The LA Fire Department’s first female LGBTQ chief created a DEI Bureau

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    1 hour ago, 67RModel said:

    So are you saying if you had functioning city water, a 6,700 gallon pool full of water, an engine driven trash pump full of fuel and all you could find was a functioning 3/4” garden hose you would throw your hands up and walk away?

     

    Not saying that at all.  IF I was a guy who owned a home in that setting, with the possibility of that kind of fire, I would have already purchased the correct size hose and equipment to adequately do the job. 

    Don't get me wrong, when TSHTF, you react with whatever you have available.  I fault no one for trying their best.  I have extinguished more than one car fire with the only thing I had available - I beat them out with the flannel shirt I was wearing.  But when you know you are in a situation that has a known potential for this type of incident, being prepared is the key to success.

     

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    The LA Fire Department’s first female LGBTQ chief created a DEI Bureau

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    7 hours ago, 67RModel said:

    I don't know. Maybe. I know nothing of firefighting. Perhaps if your trying to extinguish a fully involved structure fire. Based on what the man said there were small embers floating through the air that landed and started very small fires. He claimed it took very little water to put them out. It looked to me like he was using a garden hose. And from what we are told the municipal water system was at questionable performance and/or failed. Heck he saved three homes, presumably with a garden hose. 

    Water extinguishes a fire by absorbing the heat from the fuel to a point below the ignition temperature.  The flow rate from a hose line is directly proportionate to to amount of heat absorbed. 

    The typical garden hose puts out maybe 12 gallons per minute.  Increasing to a 1" diameter hose, the flow increases to about 30 gallons per minute.  The typical interior firefighting attack hose flows well over 200 gallons per minute.  If a simple garden hose works, why didn't everyone protect their homes with them?  I wouldn't try it with any less than a 1" hose.

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    Brockway Fire Apparatus

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    Over the past 44 years, I have photographed only 9 fire apparatus built on Brockway chassis.  It was not a common chassis compared to the Fords, GM's and Internationals that are everywhere.  I saw no previous examples in this section, so I thought I would add those I have photographed.  Also, I am not well versed in any model names or numbers used by Brockway, so please chime in if you know.

     

    Engine 35, Pittsburgh, PA

    1978 Brockway/Maxim

    1500/500

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    The LA Fire Department’s first female LGBTQ chief created a DEI Bureau

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    1 hour ago, 67RModel said:

    That video shows the man having a pool in his backyard. I don’t know it looked like maybe 2 or 3,000 gallons possibly. I would think a ton of those homes that burned up have similar or larger pools. It’s easy to say this in hindsight but I would think it would be handy to have a small engine driven trash pump rigged up to accept a garden hose as a fire contingency plan. Much like people in cold climates have a wood stove or generator for backup power. 

    There is more water in that pool than you think.  It has to be at least 10' x 30', based on the size on the chair on the far side.  There are about 7.5 gallons of water in a cubic foot and I'll bet the pool is at least 3 feet deep and that's 6700 gallons right there.  Your idea has merit, but you'd need a larger diameter than a garden hose.

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    Oregon fire trucks sent to assist Cali firefighting is lacking “smog certification”

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    Some other clown started spreading that the half of the LAFD apparatus are electric and need to return to the station to recharge every 11 hours.  The FACT is, LAFD operates ONE electric pumper.  While I think the concept is utterly ridiculous (water and electricity mix so well), electric fire apparatus are equipped with an on-board back-up generator that can recharge the apparatus anywhere.

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    December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor Day

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    I have several family ties to WWII, although none to Pearl Harbor itself.  My Dad was too young to enlist at the beginning, but later served with the 1st Infantry Division in Europe.  His older brother served on a crew manning a 16-inch gun on the USS New Jersey.  Dad's older sister was married to a guy who drove a deuce-and-a-half all over Europe.  Mom lost her older brother, a belly gunner on a B-24 that went down in Italy.  Her sister married a guy who stormed the beaches at Normandy.

    I was raised to honor them and the thousands upon thousands that served with them.  It is a longstanding tradition that I always watch the movie "Tora! Tora! Tora!" every year on December 7th.

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    MythBusters 18 Wheelers, Can Exploding Tires Kill?

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    Years ago, I responded to a wreck on the Interstate where a Nissan pickup had run over a retread that had just come off a semi.  It got wrapped up in his right front wheel, forcing him into a hard left turn at 65 MPH.  His Nissan rolled three or four times, totally destroying it, but he was basically uninjured.  He was sitting on a nearby guardrail when we arrived on scene, crying.  It was his first new vehicle and he had just bought it that morning.  The option/price sticker was stuck to the shattered glass that had been the window!

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    Best of Trump

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    40 minutes ago, 70mackMB said:

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    Kamala Harris is so finished that she is already being erased from memory.

    A mural of Harris that was painted on the side of a building in Atlanta, Georgia has already been painted over. This confirms that despite all the hype from Democrats and media that Harris was another Obama, the hype was all completely manufactured.           C&P from the Gateway Pundit.    .....Hippy   

    I would have done that job for FREE!

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    well here it comes

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    I grew up near Buffalo, NY.  Haven't been cold since I moved to Atlanta in 1985.  If you added up all the snow we have had here since 1985, it wouldn't make a decent storm back home!  I don't even own a snow shovel.  The last boots I had were turned back in at the Fire Department when I retired.

    We ran the furnace a couple weeks ago to burn off all the dust in the system, on a day that we could open the windows and let the smell out.  It's an annual event.

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    car i had 45 years ago

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    On 10/22/2024 at 5:41 PM, mowerman said:

    Oh, by the way, since we’re on the subject I’ve also had two beetles and one bus. Yes, I have had a lot of cars in my day.

    How many?  I'm currently on #42 and #44 right now.  A few were project vehicles, but most were daily drivers.

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