New Canaan Fire Company mourns the loss of a beloved friend and Chief.

December 23, 2014

New Canaan Fire Company mourns the loss of a beloved friend and Chief John Pickering Jr.

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New Canaan Fire Co. would like to thank everyone for a great 2014 as we celebrated our Annual Dinner on Friday night. t.co/H065BweTdn Time ago 2160 Days via Twitter Web Client
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New Canaan Fire Co., No. 1 is in Stamford, Connecticut.

20 hours ago

Pool party !

That or a water supply rodeo is what you get when eight or ten tankers show up to fill portable water supply pools. It was amazing to see that the draft engine, sucking water from the three ponds, was able to pump well over 100GPM with the steady supply of water brought by the tankers! It was a great training experience and awesome to see all the other tankers there. When there is a fire in an area where there are no hydrants, firefighters need to setup a “dump site” where you ideally place three large portable ponds next to a pumper. The pumper will then draft or suck the water from the pond and send it to the fire scene or to another attack engine. Then they use Holley tubes, as in this case, or jet siphon hoses to move water from one pond to the next.

Bunch of tankers from all the neighboring towns will be called to come and dump their water into the three tanks, then go to another site to fill up before returning to dump the water again. Flowering 1000-1500 GPM of water requires several tanker to keep the water in those ponds sufficient. At 1000gpm it only takes three minutes to use the entire load from a 3000 gallon tanker !!!

Great work everyone that was at the drill, especially the gang operating the dump site and pumping the nice new Belltown engine ! Thanks for letting us come and play at your drill Monday night!

Thanks for all the pics ! @davidbilotti614

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Nicky Melillo the party that Jason Kane wasn't allowed to participate in 😂

New Canaan Fire Co., No. 1

1 day ago

Sad news from New Haven. We offer our condolences to the family of the brave firefighter that sadly died and to the New Haven Fire Department. We are keeping them and the other firefighters that were injured in our thoughts and prayers. ... See MoreSee Less

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New Canaan Fire Co., No. 1 is in New Canaan, Connecticut.

3 weeks ago

Reverse lay or forward lay what’s the difference and how do you do set it up ?

This was our Tuesday night Probie drill topic. A great drill to show our newest volunteer members how to reverse lay a 5” hose from the first due attack engine to the nearest hydrant or water source by dropping hose from the 2nd due engine, as well as then dressing the hydrant using a hydrosist and ball valves on both ears before sending water to the attack engine. Then we explained how this would be done as a forward lay, going from the hydrant to the attack engine as well as explaining how the hydrosist could be used to boost pressure if it were hooked up to the second engine. It was a great opportunity for our newer members to se how this works and a good refresher for the operators and senior members at the drill!

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New Canaan Fire Company mourns the loss of a beloved friend and Chief.

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