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Originally Posted by DickR
There is something very wrong about a situation involving limited water to fight a fire in a lakeside home (read: next to a huge water source). If the only present option is to back a pumper to within a few feet of the lake so the big suction line can connect truck to lake, obviously many or most properties preclude getting the truck anywhere near close enough. Why couldn't local fire departments cobble together a floating pump that could be hand-carried by a pair or wheeled to lakefront in a yard cart? Granted, the approach would not work in cases where the house is separated from the lake by a very steep slope, but in the photo above it does look like the approach to waterfront is gradual enough. Sure, a portable system couldn't compete with the pumping power of a fire boat, but it would be better than nothing. Ferrying limited volumes from a remote accessible location using multiple trucks seems like a problem begging for a solution.
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Thinking the same thing. What are we missing? The solution appears to be simple, so I ask again, what are we missing? What don’t we know. Two lakeside house fires in the past week and both are total loses.
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