Pugwash Fire Trains in New Water System
The Pugwash drinking taps may be delayed, but the fire hydrants are in service. The Pugwash water system is primed and ready to go, just waiting for the green light from the province.
Officials were hoping the village water supply would be turned on yesterday, but the county wants approval in writing from the province before launching the new service.
That didn’t stop the Pugwash Fire Department from a training run tonight with the new fire hydrants. Firefighters went through the motions last winter, but without water, the full impact is lost.
Two teams were dispatched tonight, one to Eaton Park and the other to Howe Street behind the old fire station. The two locations allowed more individual firefighters to get hands-on training.
The photo shows the department Chief, Andy Yarrow, demonstrating the proper procedure for drawing water from the system.
A number of firefighters took turns practicing the hookup and actually pumping water to a nearby truck.
In a fire setting, at least two trucks would arrive. One sets up as the main attack truck while the other delivers a lone firefighter to a hydrant with a basket of tools and fittings. The hydrant would be opened, fitted with two 2½ inch hose connectors, and a high-volume connector with a four-inch hose leading to the truck that attacks the fire.
Meanwhile, the second truck would set up a portable water supply near the attack truck and maintain that supply for the duration of the firefight.
The addition of fire hydrants will allow firefighters a quicker response. The attack truck would start immediately with onboard water, followed by the hydrant supply, the portable, and then a backup water supply which is often provided through the interdepartmental mutual aid system. In the case of a fire in Pugwash, the backup supply would likely be provided by Wallace or Oxford trucks.
The new hydrants and village water system add to the firefighting capacity in the local fire service. The drinking taps
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