Hey everyone, last night me and some other guys on my department were talking about our light rescue truck and that everyone was wanting it to go from having 350 gallons to removing water off it and so I told them what if you show up on a wreck and there is fire that is blocking the ability to get the patient out so at least you'll have enoguh water to drag them out of possible, a buddy said that's why a brush truck is 2nd out on wrecks. What do you guys think, water on rescue or not.
Re: Carrying water on a rescue truck. is it necssary?
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:40 pm
by housil
We don´t have water on rescue trucks as they never respond alone, always with an engine.
Re: Carrying water on a rescue truck. is it necssary?
In my volunteer department we have 30 FFs on our roster but only 6-10 of them show up for calls and training
Our volunteers department never respond alone to a this critical call. There will be always called the next neighbor department(s) too to increase man power and each department has different equipment. I´m living in a very rural place with a pop of just 500 ppls but the biggest difference to the US is, the next city, village etc. is never more far than 5 km (3miles over here). You can´t get lost, even if you want to
See this accident I responded (ambulance), right next to my village and the neighbor village. Two car hit head on. The volunteer FF departments from both villages got alarmed and responded from both sides to the scene.
Re: Carrying water on a rescue truck. is it necssary?
In my volunteer department we have 30 FFs on our roster but only 6-10 of them show up for calls and training
Our volunteers department never respond alone to a this critical call. There will be always called the next neighbor department(s) too to increase man power and each department has different equipment. I´m living in a very rural place with a pop of just 500 ppls but the biggest difference to the US is, the next city, village etc. is never more far than 5 km (3miles over here). You can´t get lost, even if you want to
See this accident I responded (ambulance), right next to my village and the neighbor village. Two car hit head on. The volunteer FF departments from both villages got alarmed and responded from both sides to the scene.
Where I'm at if we get a wreck the closest department gets called along with EMS and if additonal firefighters or EMTs are needed then they are requested, typically the first unit on scene makes the request for air evac
