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Annual Rite Of Fall "Pump Tests"
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By Public Information Officer Douglas Medley
September 13, 2014

Could it be possible? Another year gone by and it’s time for us to make our way down to the old fishing hole for our annual pump tests. At least this time Dr. Fairfax, our water supply officer, let us do it in the fall of the year. No arguments from any of us on that decision. So we all gathered at our favorite café Linda’s for a hearty breakfast before loading up all the equipment needed for the testing.

When we arrived at the pond it was a pleasant surprise to see that the Sanner’s Pond Association had cut down all the brush around the area that we use so all we had to do was pull up, hook up and we were good to go. We had several new pump operators along with us this morning and they all got the opportunity to see just what was involved in setting up for a drafting operation. Now, I know some of you firefighters are saying you could go your whole career and never do a drafting operation but I would say to you just hope you never have to cause when you need that kind of water you have a big fire and the chief officer in charge will shortly be calling you and asking where is the water. You better have a good answer.

So after we got everything hooked up and ready to go we had no problems with any of the pumpers getting a draft and flowing the required volume of water for the required time. Now I’m not going to say it’s not pretty boring while you are sitting around waiting for the hours to go by so we amuse ourselves by doing what firemen do playing jokes on one another. Ask our mechanic Jimmy Barnes or when our Captain Peter Marshall dropped the hard sleeve (tube that sucks the water out of the pond) into the pond and had to wade in to retrieve it. Now that was a pretty sight.

So after about 3 hours we were done for this Saturday and will finish up next Saturday. A special thanks for all that came out and gave up their day off to lend a hand as firefighters always do. If anybody would like to come down and check it out give us a call and we will be glad to take you along. The reason being you can’t just drive in because they have one of those gates where you have to swipe a pass for it to open.

With our drill schedule set up for the next few months I hope to be able to bring you stories about your volunteers of Bay District to show you just how they train to better protect the citizens of the 8th district and St. Mary’s County.

I want to thank Associate Jamie Olson for taking all the pictures. I just can't get around much but I do want to show what our people are doing.

Units: Engine 31 - Engine 93
 
 

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