On July 23rd, about 30 folks from several fire halls in Wheatland County, Alberta spent their Sunday afternoon hauling water with tenders. The 2-hour drill was the culmination of our 16-hr Rural Water Supply Operations Seminar that was sponsored and hosted by Wheatland County Fire Services. The weekend began with a morning classroom session reviewing the best practices of hauling water with tenders. Then Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning were spent practicing dump site and fill site skills with a focus on the best practices given the apparatus and equipment available.

The 2-hour drill Sunday afternoon used two engines and four tenders to supply water to a simulated fire event on Range Road 230 near Standard, AB. A single, fill site using a an irrigation canal supplied water for the three-dump tank operation. The fill site provided about a 6km roundtrip for the rigs hauling water and a peak flow of 3,000 lpm was achieved during the last 20-minutes of the drill.

This was our 7th seminar in Alberta...always a great time! Many thanks to the folks from Wheatland County Fire Services for having us. Instructors for the weekend seminar were Mark Davis and Tim Legore.