I had a hiccup occur recently while drilling out of quarters on a 2009 ALF Truck. While deploying the ground jacks, on a litter basket operation, the green light on the right side outrigger went out as the locking cylinders were deployed. At that point, the ladder controls were not operational without the use of the blocking solenoid.  Additionally, none of the outrigger operations would function either.  The truck was out of service until we could figure it out.  The solution- we shoved a couple of haywards under the right side ground jack plate, pried upwards, until the light came on again. Lesson learned-apply the proper pressure to ground jacks, and then some, to compensate for load shifting of truck.

We ended up removing the center part of the breather bracket. It did two things. 1. gave us another  inch of clearance to get the door to roll down  2. It allowed the breather to be put in the bracket and held in place without poping out. With that piece in place the bottle would cantilever off it and the bottle would fall out of the bracket.

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While using the high rise hose packs we found that if you put the hose pack over  your right shoulder then pulled the end of the pack that was on your back over to the left side of the bottle it was a lot easier tho carry. It did make it harder to tilt your head back and look up. Your helmet would hit the pack.

As all of you should know, the department has switched over to a new Self Contained Breathing Apparatus. Im sure everyone has pulled them out and drilled with them and found out some very useful information. PLEASE share any and all learning points on this site.  Click “comment” and type a comment to an existing post or create a new post.

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At a recent drill, an Aerial Ladder (1995 LTI) was overloaded condemning the entire ladder.  All members are reminded to review and adhere to the Aerial Ladder Load Chart in the log books for that specific truck.

Effective immediately, any damage to a DECS  (PLYMO VENT) as a result of a moving apparatus shall be treated as a vehicle accident. A Battalion Chief shall be assigned to an “invest” incident and all reports shall be prepared as outlined in Volume 3, Department Apparatus Involved with Fire Department Property. Minor repairs and leaks shall continue to be handled through BAS.

Additionally, all officers shall make certain that any members driving apparatus are aware of this problem and ensure that drivers pull out of quarters slowly to allow a safe disconnection of the DECS before continuing on emergency and non-emergency responses