Reserve Water Resources For Hydrant Failure

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I was thinking about this with the Call in Port Chester for the Tankers the other Night, maybe the county should go to Contact with some Pool Companies for 2 or more Trailers to go on stand by if needed for instances like this, then if they do get a call they can call in FD tankers to re fill the trailers at or near the fire scene, Yes it woiuld take some planning and logistics, escorts set up etc. but trailers hold 6,000 or 9,000 gallons each, and you would not deplete all the resources for stand by, just a thought .............

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I agree with this thought, I was actually thinking something similar.

The tankers for the north county ARE the hydrants for the north county.

So, if all those resources go to a far community because their hydrants are out, then what is that doing to the north county? In effect, it's putting their hydrants OOS.

My idea would be for the county to purchase 2 or 3 used water tankers, and place them strategically in reserve status. If needed, use the many county DPW tractors to pull these when needed.