I am pleased to report that conditions at Station 2 were within acceptable limits during our visit this morning. The swing arm has been repaired and replacement of the air connection on 2523 has been scheduled. There is a minor air leak that we need to fix in the black iron pipe. Zack will be following up on that, unless someone else jumps in to fix it. Also Zack sprayed weeds last shift so we are expecting a good kill in a few weeks.
Hello All,
Today I updated the HSIS software on the hazmat laptop. Thanks Aaron B
Aaron Bielemeier
Firefighter EMT-Intermediate
ASTORIA FIRE DEPARTMENT
555 30th Street
Astoria, Or 97103
Phone: 503-325-2345 Ext: 6006
Fax: 503-325-2346
E-Mail: abielemeier@astoria.or.us
Please remember that the air line disconnect for 2523 is now a MANUAL removal. Ken Yuill has repaired the swing arm assembly and replaced the hose with a MANUAL connector. The Auto-EJECT air plug on 2523 is broken. You must remove the air hose before driving away. The plug is a little tricky to disconnect right now. On Friday Ken C. Nelson will work on replacing the recessed auto eject air plug with a flush mounted manual port on the side of 2523. Thank you.
2541 has been returned from shops with most of the repairs completed.
The passenger side rear door has been repaired and no latches properly. The pin on the ladder to change the masterstream location from Rescue to Water Tower has been re-worked and now has a T-handle for better movement.
They are continuing to research the problems with the pattern control on the master stream and will schedule that repair in the near future.
Lt. Gascoigne
The old extension ladder from the mini-pumper was re-purposed to public works to retain at their discretion.
Mr. Nelson,
Today while drilling with 2541 we noticed some problems with this apparatus. There is a problem with the latching mechanism of the rear officer’s side door. It looks like the bottom weld has completely failed and now the latching mechanism is free-moving inside the door. It can be opened from the outside door handle but the inside door handle is temperamental.
Another issue we encountered was moving the pin from “rescue” mode to “water tower” mode. It takes a greater than normal force to remove and insert the pin. It appears that the top section is slightly offset from the bottom portion causing it to bind.
The third and final problem that we encountered was the control for adjusting the monitor nozzle from fog to straight stream wasn’t operational at higher pressure. We were flowing approximately 1000 GPM at 190 PSI and the nozzle was unable to adjust its pattern. Upon further inspection we discovered that at lower pressures we were able to make nozzle adjustments.
Let me know if I can provide you with any additional information or answer any questions.
Thanks,
Brett Bishop
Today we dropped off two mini CAF systems, one H2O extinguisher, and one CO2 extinguisher at Astoria SCUBA (Floyd). They are going to hydro all 6 cylinders, perform visual inspections on the two compressed air cylinders for the CAFs, and two visual inspections on the regulators for the CAFs. The regulators are a type of dive regulator like the small yellow compressed air cylinders. Astoria SCUBA is a dealer for the maker of these products, so Floyd is familiar with them. There are 4 claim tickets in an envelope in the Lt. office desk when the tests are completed and should be used when someone picks up the extinguishers. Floyd stated that they have them completed by Monday or Tuesday next week.
Terry
Notes from the Station 2 inspection: Prior to inspection Avery reported that the bay door would not go down. Unknown reason. It is suspected that it may have been up all night. Everyone needs to make sure that doors go down properly. Weeds: Zach has been assigned to spray weeds on his next duty day with decent weather. Interior and overall tidiness were in good shape. 2523: The auto eject, air hose, and now broken swing arm remain broken from May 13th. Lieutenant Corbit blogged about this. It is in the hands of the mechanics shops, and Yuill/Virgillo. We will need to provide additional follow up. I am told that 2523 had low air yesterday and vehicle movement was delayed. I am told that the auto eject needs to be replaced rather than trusted. I will CC Ken on this. Old ladder from the mini pumper: While cutting down the broken air hose we tried to use the old narrow ladder from the mini-pumper for utility purposes. It was not moving freely and one on my interns pinched the skin on his hand while fumbling with it. The little voice in my head is screaming that this ladder is just plain dangerous. I am removing it as a safety hazard. I will ask for funding to buy a new fiberglass ladder for utility work at that station. Any suggestions on size and type? Thank you.
The two Mini-CAF Extinguisher units needs to have components tested and inspected to bring them into compliance with safety standards. Thank you to B-shift for doing the research on these units and building a manual for us to become familiar with them. These are maintenance intensive $1,600 units that were purchased several years ago for the Command Officer to keep in the Command Vehicles. They are a cool little unit that may cause someone to take on a fire somewhat more aggressively than is prudent. When combined with a lack of maintenance that could be bad. One of the units has not been in service since a care fire on January 1. It has languished in the shop ever since. I bear some responsibility for not personally following up on that.
Please take some time to look at the manual and familiarize yourself with the units. Obviously these things don’t fix themselves. You too may be asked to restore a unit to service some day. With the right access to information and proper follow up and follow through we can gitter done. Repair and maintenance is a team sport around here and good communication is required. When these units are properly tested I will add them to the extinguisher database and return them to service. Thank you.
Ken Yuill was here today with the crane inspector. Nothing major but there is a need to add some safety switching at the base of the hose tower. It is assumed that one will also be needed at Station 2. A report is being generated and Ken will forward it. It sounds like this type of work has been done by Jim Virgillo so it may just be a matter of arranging a work order. The crane inspection issue came to my attention a few years ago as part of the City safety committee. I didn’t really get any satisfaction about what we were doing to comply with the regulations. I was pleased to find out that we have been included in the overall city program. Thank you.
As many of you know we are inching closer to changing the Fire Dispatch Frequency and updating our radios again. The latest projection is around June 11. That may change again. Just so you know, we have two test pagers floating around the headquarters with the new frequency. When we make the switch they will become station pagers. Until the big switch they are just paper weights. Thank you.
From: "Adam Casillas" <acasillas@astoria.or.us>
To: "AFD Users" <AFDUsers@astoria.or.us>
Subject: Sledge Hammer
Greetings All,
The 10 lb. sledge hammer that was taken out of service on the 20th has been replaced with a new fiberglass 8 lb. handled sledge hammer and placed back on 2541. The old 10 lb. hammer has a new wooden handle and has been placed in the shop. The old sledge hammer will be used for training and testing purposes.
Adam Casillas
The wood handled sledge hammer from 2541 broke this evening during a fitness training exercise. A correctly fitting replacement handle was not available. Intern Casillas has been tasked with finding a suitable replacement on Monday. Thank you.
FYI,
On Sunday the automatic eject for the air hose for 2523 failed to operate. 2523 was driven out of the bay at Sta. 2 resulting in the new hose line being pulled from the wall. Needless to say the air line is out of service. Shops and PW have been notified. They are trying to schedule these repairs in the next couple of weeks. This is a good reminder for all drivers to do walk a around and to make sure the air hose and electrical cord are clear before pulling out of the station.
Terry
There was an episode today that it was believed that the light bar on 2561 was malfunctioning. The white take down and alley lights were observed to be turned on while the switch was turned off. The episode was not able to be duplicated. If anyone experiences this again please report it. Thank you.
Hose Test 2012
Monday, July 9, 2012 B shift Test hose rack
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 A shift Test 2522
Friday, July 27, 2012 B shift Empty hose tower
Monday, July 30, 2012 C shift Test 2541
Monday, August 6, 2012 C shift Empty tower
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 B shift Test 2521
Wednesday, August 17, 2012 C shift/Vol. Empty tower/ test 2523
B shift 2521
C shift 2522/2541
Hi Ken,
We have been advised that the plug on the tower of the Scott Air Trailer is faulty. It is intermittent at best. Lenard was on hand at the light ship drill and chimed in that it has been a problem on and off for some time. We need to make arrangements to have it repaired. Thank you.
