2. 2009

Water Supply Training

Central Mat-Su Fire Department runs water supply drills to try to maintain 1000 gallons per minute on Truck 65's platform monitor, and I was the lucky one with the overhead view of the operation.
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Ken Hutchings takes a moment to pose for the camera.
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Ken Hutchings takes a moment to pose for the camera.

CMSFDAlaskaFirefightingKen Hutchings2009Matanuska Susitna Valley

  • A tanker drops off some water at one of the fold-a-tanks supplying the platform.
  • Firefighters tend the tanks, trying to keep water flowing for the platform.
  • Battalion Chief Jon Burns supervises his part of the operation.
  • Tanker 611 drops off a full load of water.
  • Brush 61 stands by at one of our fill sites, waiting for empty trucks to arrive.
  • With the Wasilla airport nearby, we had airplanes circling our training operation prior to landing.
  • An empty tanker approaches the fill site where firefighters stand ready for rapid filling.
  • A fill transfer device moves water from one fold-a-tank to another.
  • Firefighter Ken Hutchings moves tankers around the dump site.
  • Stitched Panorama
  • Truck 65 is a brand new apparatus, and shows off a lot of impressive aspects in its operation and construction.
  • Another tanker drops off its load, keeping us supplied with water.
  • Chiefs Ken Barkley and Jon Burns get together to discuss the operation.
  • Firefighter Patrice Barnett looks down on the operation from the peace and quiet of the truck's basket.
  • The firestream fades into millions of tiny droplets before it hits the trees, leaving some beautiful colors reflected in its wake.
  • Engineer Dorte Mobley keeps up the constant operation of the platform truck.
  • Activity ensues as two trucks operate at the dump site at one time.
  • Dorte Mobley grins upward from the operator's panel of Truck 65.
  • Ken Hutchings takes a moment to pose for the camera.
  • Lt. Gary Hammons operates a tanker's dump chute to deposit water into a fold-a-tank.
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