[AT] OT - AFFF Fire/now Canadian Border

[charliehill]

By the way, I forgot to say how inviting your area looks to me.  I've never 
been out in that area.  The land around here is flat, possibly flatter than 
yours but we have a lot of tree cover.  I'm not used to being able to see in 
any direction like you can.  Also dirt roads, except for field and forrest 
roads, are almost a thing of the past there.  It might sound silly to you 
but I miss them.  I'm assuming you still have lots of them.

Sure hope to make it out that way some day.  If I were a little younger it 
would be a good motorcycle trip but these days I like air conditioning and 
being able to lean over and prop on the arm rest.  LOL.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT - AFFF Fire/now Canadian Border


> Dan,  I don't mean to hijack the thread but I looked at your  town on 
> Google
> Earth and I'm guessing you can answer something I've been wanting to know.
>
> I've never been up there on the border or much of anywhere west of the
> Mississippi for that matter.  It appears to me from looking at that area 
> on
> Google Earth that there are places where you can just walk or drive over 
> the
> border.  It looks like there are fields and farm roads that go right up to
> the border and there is very little if anything between them and the next
> field or road over in Canada.  Is that correct?   Not that it matters
> particularly.  I don't think we have much of a border issue with our
> Canadian cousins.  It just looks like if someone wanted or needed to get
> over that border without papers it would be pretty easy to do with a 
> little
> planning.   The other side of the coin is that I'm sure a stranger sticks
> out like a sore thumb in your neighborhood.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dan Folske" <dfolske at nccray.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT - AFFF Fire Foam Unit
>
>
>> S130/S190 are basic wildland fire training and wild land fire behavior
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Steve W." <falcon at telenet.net>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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>> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 12:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT - AFFF Fire Foam Unit
>>
>>
>>> Dan Folske wrote:
>>>> We have a CAF unit on one of our small trucks that sucks foam
>>>> concentrate
>>>> from a 5 gallon bucket and injects it into the water stream along with
>>>> compressed air from a small engine driven compressor. Our main pumper
>>>> carries a siphon unit which can be put into a 1 1/2 inch line to suck
>>>> concentrate from a bucket and then you put a foam nozzle on the end of
>>>> the
>>>> attack hose. The foam nozzle has vents which pull air into the water
>>>> foam
>>>> mix creating the foam bubbles. The CAF unit adds a greater volume of 
>>>> air
>>>> and
>>>> seems to provide a more uniform bubble size. Each additional trapped 
>>>> air
>>>> bubble is another layer of insulation. I don't recall offhand what 
>>>> we're
>>>> running for air pressure or volume but it is not extreme. I'll look
>>>> tomorrow
>>>> if I get the chance.
>>>>
>>>> None of the small departments around here use nitrogen. I would suspect
>>>> that
>>>> the nitrogen might be better in some circumstances with volatile fuels
>>>> and
>>>> confined spaces but for our use plain compressed air or natural
>>>> aspiration
>>>> works fine.
>>>>
>>>> Dan Folske
>>>> Assistant Fire Chief
>>>> Bowbells Volunteer Fire Department
>>>>
>>>> There maybe a professional firefighter on the list that can provide you
>>>> with
>>>> more details.
>>>>
>>> Dan,
>>>
>>> ALL firefighters are Professionals. Some just draw a paycheck.
>>>
>>> I was looking at your web site and noticed the courses you have. I know
>>> most of them but what is the S130 , S190 ?
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Steve W.
>>> Captain, EMT, Fire Police
>>> Van Hornesville Fire Dept.
>>>
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