I have often found the above quote rather fascinating. I thought I would share this here for folks so they could see how we used to rate knowledge of various aspects and calibers in the world of old. As we progress and move into this 2020 Fire Season, we’re likely to see a much greater …
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Category:Engineers log
The page for Registered member to post their experience, discussions, teachings, learning, etc.
Engine Pumping Calculator
On the products page is the link to the Engine Pumping Calculator is available on the bottom. So check this out on the Products page. Hydro
Cascade Fire Slide Rule
A remake of the Cascade Fire Slide Rule “How To” is completed and up on the video link page as well as on the youtube channel. This also includes the trick I teach during the academy on how to use the slide rule with combination/fog nozzles.
Engineers Challenge Winner!
It’s official, Thomas Dockery, working in Dispatch, has won the Challenge. You can check out the video to see the results submitted and how they compared with my original numbers. https://youtu.be/nAf5i3Qrx5o Congratulations Thomas! Hydro
3rd Hydro Side Chat with Jersey
The Discussion with Jersey went very well and covered a couple of other items outside Foam. The foam portion that we discussed talked about the events that took place leading up to the the moment the engineer cavitated the pump on foam. We talked a little theory as to what could have led up to …
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Interview with Jersey, Round 2.
Always plan for the Worst scenario, when you do nothing but this type of planning, everything else becomes easier to deal with and less stressful. This goes with those that speak of “I don’t have time to do calculations”, yet we should be “pre planning” problem areas so when we get an incident in that …
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Interview with Jersey
Interview with Chris “Jersey” Franek, on the importance of Hydraulics and Engineers and what role they play in and on the fireground and the significance of training. The interview does have some audio issues and as a result some portions had to be removed. The recording process however, is intelligible and we were able to …
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Q-Ref update
Found a couple of things to fix in the Q-Ref. its updated and on the site and the Version number has NOT changed. The updates were on pages 8 and 12. Pg 8, an “underlining” was added to signify an importance to Flow Demand always dictates the number of Tenders Required regardless if its for …
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Engineers Log
This is the area for those that might want to ask general questions with other Engine Operators around the country, or simply talk about anything general. A casual non specific section of the site. Enjoy! 🙂
Wildfire Engineer Site.
Welcome to the new site dedicated to the education of one of the most fascinating fields in Fire. The Wildland Apparatus Engineer. The site is under construction and not all of the content up as of yet. I hope to have this completed by weeks end. Cheers Hydro