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This is from a fire reported just before 10:00 Friday morning in Jamestown, North Dakota at a storage building for Viking Oil at 305 1st Avenue, N. There were no injuries. Some details from Keith Norman at inforum.com:
The Jamestown Fire Department brought in all its firefighting equipment and personnel during the blaze, which destroyed the building and its contents and damaged an adjacent building.
“We had everything we have at the (fire) hall at the scene,” Fire Chief Jim Reuther said. “We had 35 firefighters respond to the fire.”
Brad Vining, CEO of Vining Oil, said the building’s contents included several 55-gallon barrels of oil, 600 to 700 truck tires and two tractors. He said the monetary loss could be easily more than $1 million.
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As the one who always complains about 2 people in the aerial basket, I was going to praise them for having only one while setting up. However, later on there were the apparently compulsory 2 standing in there. Never will understand why it takes 2 to operate one nozzle…..
one to operate the bucket and one to operate the nozzle. Also a second set of eyes looking for dangers. And on some buckets theres 2 nozzles .
So why is it ok to have only one on a straight stick when doing aerial application of water? Bucket movements can be done from the pedestal at the ladder base. There should be someone at the base at all times the bucket is occupied anyway. I can buy the 2nd set of eyes theory, but usually the bucket is operating outside of a real danger area, utilizing the stream's reach to hit the objective. Two nozzles, yes two operators. Just doesn't make sense to me to tie up two people for a one nozzle operation.
Congratulations, you just stumbled on ONE of the advantages of towers over aerials in exterior operations. And anyway, what else is the other guy going to do during an exterior op, especially on a short-staffed company? Plus, when they move in for exterior overhaul once the fire is knocked, two hooks are also better than one.
LOL, good points!
Good God man!! slow down and take a breath!!
@ 1:02 the Aerialcat comes on scene, on the door "State of North Dakota" is this a state owned apparatus?
Blue, I believe the AerialCat came from the State Fire School in Bismarck, which is indeed owned by North Dakota which happens to be further west down Interstate 94 from Jamestown. I don't believe I observed an aerial device the last time I was thru Jamestown although thats not to say they now perhaps have purchased one.
We in the Provoince of Manitoba have a similiar device at our Provincial Fire College which may be dispatched to smaller departments of close vicinity who are requiring needed support on an occasional basis. I think ND operates much the same way. Hope this helps.
Fire Growing larger and larger .. Check
LDH .. Check
1000s of gallons of plain water … Check
Plain Water running down the street … Check
Waterproof Boots … Check
Fire building burns down .. Check
Exposure receives major damage .. Check
WOW.!!!
Sure don’t need any fire extinguishing additives
to make plain water more effective!!
Whats with all the yard… I mean cement breathers? Seriously your on air while that far away from the building and any smoke? WOW sad.
The aerial with the "State of North Dakota" lettering, is actually owned by the State of North Dakota.
The State purchased this aerial and allows the Jamestown Fire Dept. to use it, since it is needed to protect the Jamestown State Hospital, which is owned and operated by the state.
Sort of a win-win, since the Jamestown Fire Dept. can use the aerial and the state recieves fire protection for its hospital property.
Rural Chief, thanks!
I have to agree with FireGear on this one. Oil and tyres (for our Canadian friends) mean foam\additive of some sort should be used.
Or just let the thing burn and protect the exposures.
Agreed Mark. And you have to have a sufficient quantity of foam concentrate on hand and an adequate application rate or you're just wasting your water and foam.