While looking through some photos from our 2021 seminar in Floyd, Iowa we came across this one showing dump site operations. The photo was taken about 60-minutes into the drill and does a nice job of showing water being dumped and transferred to the blue dump tank - which was the primary dump tank from which the dump site pumper drafted. The tanker dumping off the rear could only dump off the rear, ... (Full Story & Photos)

Two weeks ago we completed the installation of four, bridge-mount dry fire hydrants in Chatham County, Georgia. The swiveling dry fire hydrants were funded by Chatham County Government in order to improve access to tidal water supplies for fire protection. The project was lead by Founders Maintenance & Restoration out of Savannah, Georgia and we worked with them to design and install the final products ... (Full Story & Photos)

Since we just finalized plans to head back to Franklin County, Kansas this coming October, we took a few minutes to look back through photos from our last seminar there back in 2013. It was a hot August weekend and the folks did a nice job of hauling water with quite a variety of water hauling rigs. Wellsville's Tender 3761 brought 1800 gallons of water to the game. Nothing fancy about the rig; ... (Full Story & Photos)

Class A foam systems are popular on many rigs today. Regardless of the brand of system, the system components require regular preventive maintenance in order for proper foam production. The foam concentrate intake screen shown in this News Story was about half full of "crud". It probably was not a big deal for simply reloading the 40-gallon on-board foam concentrate tank. But...had the operation ... (Full Story & Photos)

A photo and video clip from our 2023 seminar in Catawba County, NC where we got to see Maiden Tanker 1 blow off its 1800 gallons of water through an 8-inch jet dump in just under one-minute. We were skeptical of how fast the 1988 Wolverine tanker was going to be able to dump off through the 8-inch pipe, but we also didn't know the rig was equipped with a jet dump. The video clip shows it all! The ... (Full Story & Photos)

A simple photo from our 2008 seminar in Strong, Maine. Phillips Engine 4 (1000 gpm/3000 gal) was used to support dump site operations at the 2-hour drill. About an hour into the operation, the crews were able to round up several lengths of 3-inch suction hose from a couple rigs carrying portable pumps and they used that suction hose to bolster Engine 4's output ability. All of the suction hose ... (Full Story & Photos)

Some photos of another homemade jet siphon water transfer device; this time from our 2015 seminar in Northampton, New Brunswick with the Jolly Farmer Fire Brigade. The folks fabricated a jet powered siphon tube from some 8-inch metal tubing and powered it with a 1-1/2" (38mm) hose. The device transferred water pretty efficiently during the two-hour drill. The key to its successful use was to keep ... (Full Story & Photos)

If you run external suction inlet control valves on your pumper and those valves are outfitted with 4-inch or 5-inch Storz fittings, then a very important adaptor to carry is a Storz to threaded suction hose adaptor. In most cases these days, this is going to be a 4-inch or 5-inch Storz to 6-inch NH male adaptor. The purpose of the adaptor is to allow a second suction line to be brought on-line while ... (Full Story & Photos)