Portland House Fire 10-23-13

[MFD76]

Am I looking at this right? Do the cross lays of Engine 19 really hook up on the officer's side of the pump panel? Doesn't seem real super practical when you pull them from the driver's side.

 

Great photos!

Trav!

Thanks for pointing that out. Interesting set up I can see the easy loading and reduction in friction loss. We have moved back to pulling from the rear hose bed, which is the same thing hose connects outside the bed as in the photo. However there is no problem going left or right since it is at the rear. Our main reason is the PUC design makes loading and stretching difficult. So it actually worked in my and other traditionalist favor who had been pushing for rear pulls for years but the Mattydale transverse hose load lovers kept pushing us down. We now have one 200ft, 1.75" one 200ft 2.5" and dead bed 400ft of 2.5" Yed 100ft 1.75"strapped-bundled all from the low rear hose bed. It makes for fast fire ground efficiency and leaves room for the Ladder Truck at the front of the structure. Great Photos love seeing the Portland Fire Department in action. 

 

Stay Safe,

Rick