A couple photos from our 2010 seminar in Marion County, Kansas. We had a great time there and got to work with some really nice older apparatus that did the job just fine! One of the rigs had a homemade, 6-inch jet siphon water transfer device. The folks used the device to transfer water during the 2-hr drill and it seemed to meet the needs of the operation. In our opinion, the key to the device's ... (Full Story & Photos)

As 2024 comes to a close we want to thank everyone who contributed to our success this year. We completed dry fire hydrant installations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Tennessee, and Vermont; delivered seminars in Alabama, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, Oregon, South Dakota, and Texas; and conducted a bunch of fire hydrant flow tests in the Baltimore/Washington Region. The year ... (Full Story & Photos)

A couple of photos from our 2014 seminar in Whitewater, Wisconsin. One of the pumpers that we used, Engine 1220 (2000 gpm/1000 gal) had a 2-1/2" direct tank fill connection on the officer side pump panel. While the pumper is not used often to shuttle water, when it is used in that capacity the direct tank fill allows the rig to get filled faster and back on the road. We certainly see these type ... (Full Story & Photos)

A few photos from our May 2024 seminar in Franklin County, Maine. Valley Brook had ample water to support our 2-hour tanker shuttle operation. Getting close to the brook was a challenge given the spring thaw and previous flood damage in the Strong area. However, the challenge was accepted and crews worked to assemble five lengths of 6-inch suction hose so that Rangeley Engine 4 (1250 gpm) could ... (Full Story & Photos)

A few photos from our 2009 seminar in Ovid, New York. The folks were faced with setting up a 1000 gpm+ tanker fill site using a <800 gpm fire hydrant. The answer was an open-relay using Varick's 1500gpm/2000 gallon engine/tanker, a 2100-gallon dump tank, a hydrant control valve, and some suction hose. The under-performing hydrant supplied the dump tank from which the engine/tanker then drafted and ... (Full Story & Photos)

During our October 2024 seminar in Montoursville, Pennsylvania we came across Tanker 21, a 3000-gallon tanker from the Washington Township Volunteer Fire Company in Elimsport. The rig caught our eye because it looks more West-coast tender-like than East-coast tanker-like....at least in our opinion. Digging a bit more into the design and construction of the tanker we found that it was designed and ... (Full Story & Photos)

Earlier this week we completed another dry fire hydrant installation in Vermont....this time in the Town of Bridgewater. After the bridge suffered flood damage last year and the existing, "fixed" dry fire hydrant was rendered inoperable, the Bridgewater Fire Department contacted us about the installation of one of our systems. In October we were able to asses the bridge and found it a good candidate ... (Full Story & Photos)

During our seminar last month in Alexander City, Alabama, Chief Atkins and the folks from the Dadeville Fire Department brought a little different twist to the "rural hitch" game. We are going to call it the Dadeville Hitch; a triamese attached to one side of a double-clappered siamese. The set-up allowed for three tankers to be connected to the attack pumper's supply line while leaving one side ... (Full Story & Photos)