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Re: [Homestead] Rural home firefighting

From: Don Bowen KI6DIU <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Rural home firefighting
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:59:24 -0700

At 9/14/2007, you wrote:

For a forest fire I had a gasoline powered pump that went to a "tee"
with 2 regular garden hose fittings on it and a 1200 gal above ground
swimming pool. I kept the grass and brush away from the house and
kept the swimming pool filled (a popular place for my kids in the summer).

I am currently visiting my super packrat friend while he shows me his latest. He lives on a steep ridge above the San Gabrial Valley. The driveway is too steep for fire trucks and he is surrounded by steep brush covered slopes. His latest is a fire truck he picked up at auction for $400. It is a Dodge one ton truck with a 300 gallon water tank and a gasoline powered water pump.

Here is me playing with it.
http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/pump.jpg

Don Bowen Awl Knotted Up KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com

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    - Re: [Homestead] Rural home firefighting, Gene GeRue, 09/15/2007
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        Re: [Homestead] Rural home firefighting, Gene GeRue, 09/15/2007
        
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