Tanker Shuttle/Water Drill: Dover Station #2 area on the grounds of the former Harlem Valley Psch. Center: 10/23/10

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The Harlem Valley North Clove Training Assoc. held a tanker shuttle training drill this morning on the grounds of the former Harlem Valley Psch Center just off of Route 22 in the Dover Station #2 area. Departments attending from NY: Millbrook, Dover, Union Vale, Wassaic, Pawling and Lagrange. Attending from CT., Kent, Sherman and Gaylordville.

The Tankers:

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Markmets415, Nice Shots. First time I have seen Union Vale's New Tanker, Looks good. How many gallons does that beast hold.

x129 was probably on a ladder but only a 20 foot one from his stand.

[grumpyff 1,159]

Nice photos. I was too busy driving Patterson's tanker to come say hello. I will add a few photos later tonight.

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Nice photos. I was too busy driving Patterson's tanker to come say hello. I will add a few photos later tonight.

Nice, yeah the dump site was kind of tricky at times

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GREAT PHOTOS MARK! Thanks for sharing!!

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Markmets415, Nice Shots. First time I have seen Unin Vale's New Tanker, Looks good. How many gallons does that beast hold.

x129 was probably on a ladder but only a 20 foot one from his stand.

Union Vale's tanker is a US Tanker and hold 3000 gallons of water.

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Great pics. Thanks for sharing.

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Very nice shots, thanks for sharing them. Question: where do most of the tankers get their water; from municipal hydrant systems within their own districts, or do they need to draft it from secondary sources?

That's "Wingdale" isn't it?

Looks like it was a very productive drill.

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That's "Wingdale" isn't it?

George ...I hope the pictures do not make you too home sick????

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Quite the difference between Patterson's first load and it's second. Looks like the municipal system hasnt flowed a lot of water in a while

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Very nice shots, thanks for sharing them. Question: where do most of the tankers get their water; from municipal hydrant systems within their own districts, or do they need to draft it from secondary sources?

That's "Wingdale" isn't it?

Looks like it was a very productive drill.

Water is taken from wherever we can get it. Lakes, ponds, rivers, Underground tanks, etc. Todays drill utilized two water sources a lake about two miles away and a water source in the former psychiatric hospital grounds. The portable ponds where set up just off Route 22 near the Harlem Valley - Wingdale train station. Metro North Fire Chief and MTA PD were on scene to assist with the railroad crossing

Edited October 24, 2010 by grumpyff

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Quite the difference between Patterson's first load and it's second. Looks like the municipal system hasnt flowed a lot of water in a while

In the first shot the rig was down to about a 1/4 tank and was just getting ready to head out to the re-fill site

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Millbrook FF Miller was kind enough to get a shot of J.H Ketcham's Salty Dog Tony Mirande and me, it's alittle blurry from the spray coming off Pawling master stream and some mist on the lens.

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George ...I home the pictures do not make you too home sick????

I thought the HIPA laws protected people like me from people like you.... koo koo....cluck cluck.....

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Wow I know its been cold but how much hot chocolate mix did it take to fill your tanker and how did you heat it?

Great shots. Looks like it was a good training experience.

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Whole lotta water on 'dem wheels!

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Wow I know its been cold but how much hot chocolate mix did it take to fill your tanker and how did you heat it?

Great shots. Looks like it was a good training experience.

Hehehe open the pump recirculate!! Run pump to heat and mix.

Yeah the water out the water system was full of who knows what.

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Great shots Mark, thanks for sharing

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Here are some of the photos I took..

Gaylordsville Tanker

Pawlings 54-31

Pawling's new 54-31 2010 Ferrara

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Wassaic 69-31 and tanker from Kent, CT behind them

Millbrook 49-31

Sherman, CT Engine 5

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Kent, CT hose reel

At the other water source

At the dump site. Each source engine had three ponds set up for them. As you can barely see the outer ponds where set up turned to diamond shape to allow room to dump from side or rear as needed.

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How much hose does Kent have on the reel?

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How much hose does Kent have on the reel?

IIRC I heard 5000 feet total

Edited October 24, 2010 by grumpyff

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Water is taken from wherever we can get it. Lakes, ponds, rivers, Underground tanks, etc. Todays drill utilized two water sources a lake about two miles away and a water source in the former psychiatric hospital grounds. The portable ponds where set up just off Route 22 near the Harlem Valley - Wingdale train station. Metro North Fire Chief and MTA PD were on scene to assist with the railroad crossing

Thanks grumpy. I can understand while the tankers are running a shuttle, they will grab whatever water source they need to, if they are needed for multiple fills and dumps. At the end of the day, what gets filled up in the tanker; what water supply would be acceptable that might sit in the tank for an extended period of time until the next run? You're not saying that the final refill could be pond water or worse are you? Wouldn't that have potential bad implications for the pumps, and the tank itself?

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I do not know about all the departments but most of the one's in rural areas when they have to use what ever they can get at the end they flush the tanks and pumps. Take drain it down fill it with some clean(or cleaner water) and run it through a few times back wards IE gravity out the pump from the tank and so on. I am sure there are different ways of doing it i have seen this done a few times at the end of the day we try and keep tanks and pumps clean as we can.

Great shots Mark I wish I was feeling up to making this drill.

Edited October 24, 2010 by Atv300

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Thanks grumpy. I can understand while the tankers are running a shuttle, they will grab whatever water source they need to, if they are needed for multiple fills and dumps. At the end of the day, what gets filled up in the tanker; what water supply would be acceptable that might sit in the tank for an extended period of time until the next run? You're not saying that the final refill could be pond water or worse are you? Wouldn't that have potential bad implications for the pumps, and the tank itself?

Yes the final fill is usually pond water. As long as the draft site is not pulling in rocks and mud it should not be a problem. Although we do have a couple sources I would not leave in the tanker for an extended period of time because it starts to get a funky smell. Floating strainers and properly maintained dry hydrants also cut down on intake of foreign objects.