2541 Problems

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

Hydrant back in service

The hydrant at West Franklin and Hume is back in service. Carry on.

Rob

Mini CAFs

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

Fire hydrant OOS 5/25

Stacy at Public Works called to inform us that the fire hydrant at West Franklin and Hume will be out of service for a while. And that it should be back in service this afternoon. She'll notify us when it's back in service.

Rob

Station 2 inspection

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 13^th.  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.

Mini-CAF extinguishers

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.

Hose hoists

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.