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nvfirebuff88
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farms & ranches with there own private fire dept
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May 08, 2014, 03:04:55 PM »
anyone got photo's of any farms or ranch with there own private fire dept ?
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brucobuff
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Re: farms & ranches with there own private fire dept
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May 09, 2014, 10:17:34 AM »
On the rear cover of the 2005-1 issue of SPAAMFAA's Enjine!Enjine! there was a 1967 GMC 4X4/Bruco pumper serving on a ranch near Alpine,TX. Truck is kept fully loaded.
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squad546
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Re: farms & ranches with there own private fire dept
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May 10, 2014, 01:04:36 AM »
I know some of the big money horse farms around Lexington, Ky had something like a brush truck, but most did away with them due to insurance issues. The closest thing I have to a farm FD is the old 1966 Ford/ALF at the Keeneland horse race track in Lexington across from the airport. They no longer use it for fire protection. Given what some of those horses are worth, I'm surprised they don't.
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nappc
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Re: farms & ranches with there own private fire dept
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May 10, 2014, 04:36:34 PM »
Back in the late 1980s and early 90s in the Texas Panhandle we would often run on wildfires on ranches. Most of the ranches had sprayers, but every now and then a fire truck would show up. The one I remember most was from the Boling ranch near Amarillo. It was a tandem axle Mack R (maybe a DM) with a round tank around 1500 gallons. I saw it several times.
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START WATER
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September 15, 2015, 01:18:48 PM »
MANY PRIVATE FIRE DPTS AT RAC TRAKS LARGE
FARMS USED TO HAVE SMALL MINI PUMPERS BUT OVER YEARS IT SORT OF NEVER NEEDED SO WHY FIX IT
MY FRIEND IN HAWAII SENT PHOTOS ETC OF LARGE SUGAR KANE FIELD FIRE,WOW FIRE WAS AROUND 100 FEET HIGH FOR MILES . AND THEY HAD NO FIRE FIGHTING LET THE CITY FD FIGHT IT
I AM AMAZED AT THE LACK OF VOL FIRE DEPTS WHERE THE WILD FIRES ARE THEY DEPEND ON FIRE CAL, TOWNS OF 7700 PEOPLE I AM TALKING ABOUT
ALL THIS BURNED HOMES MIGHT HAVE BEEN S AVED BY SIMPLE THINGS FIRE PROOF ROOF , AND CLEAR
BRUSH AND LEAVES ETC AWAY FROM TH HOME IT WORKS. BUT THEY WANT TREES AND BRUSH NEAR BY AND IF THEY
EVER HAVE A LAW TO CLEAR AREAS AND THEY DON;T THEN INMSURANCE SHOULD BE DENIED AND NO FEMA MONEY AFTER WARD .. SOME PEOPLE WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGHT TO REBUILD THE WAY IT WAS NJ IS A GOOD EXAMPLE HOMES HAVE TO BE BUILT HIGHER THEN THE FLOOD SOLME ARE VERY HIGH ON STILLTS NOW AND THE WORSE TIOS THEY HAD INSURANCE WHEN BUILT B UT REBUILDING COST ARE MUCH HIGHER
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bulldogboy
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Re: farms & ranches with there own private fire dept
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September 15, 2015, 10:23:38 PM »
Back in the '60s, Rockingham Park in Salem, NH was a popular horse racing track, both thoroughbred and harness meets were held from Spring
through Fall. Due to the large stable area, all wood, plus many accessory buildings, a "fire department" was on scene. The "department" consisted
of a small office building with a "fire truck" parked outside. The truck was a former track water truck, a green Mack "E" model, a larger one such as
a "EM" or "EQ", with a few lengths of 1 1/2" hose draped over the front fender. I'm not sure who manned the truck, probably track personnel.
There were several large barn fires over the years so I imagine this truck saw some action assisting the full time Salem department. Ironically, in
1980, long after the "department " was disbanded, a $15 million fire destroyed the grandstand. It was rebuilt but now is just a simulcast facility but
the old wooden stables are still there, in disrepair and ripe for another major fire. "Firehouse" magazine, October, 1980, has a good article on this fire.
I wish that I had a photo of that old Mack.
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START WATER
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Re: farms & ranches with there own private fire dept
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September 16, 2015, 11:52:44 PM »
MAYBE IN FAJ LONG AGO I SAW A RED TRACTOR FOR A FARM AND IT HAD WATER PUMP AND BOOSTER LINE
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Farmingfirefighter
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September 08, 2018, 09:34:27 PM »
Our little farm started out with a hand pump sprayer for small fires,
Moved up to water extinguishers, then pick up with 200 gal tank with 25 gpm nozzle,
Then we moved up to pumper & tanker & so on
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