RV dealer fire- Schoolcraft Michigan

Wow, their second disaster in 10 years.

Fortunately, no one was injured. All fires are terrible.

Water not available nearby? Wow

Lwiddis wrote:
Water not available nearby? Wow

Very common in rural areas. The facility is probably using well water for normal usage but for a fire. The average fire truck pumper can pump over a 1000 gallons a minute. Rural fires in our community would automatically start a minimum of 2 or 3 tankers from different fire stations and then make continuous trips for an hour or more depending on the circumstances.

Ken

Apparently the clover only has three leaves.... not lucky... ;)

Lwiddis wrote:
Water not available nearby? Wow

Non Hydrated means no fire hydrants.. Now when I worked at a plant that had that problem we had our own fire wells, big a** diesel engine as well as electric pumps and could flood the place easily but that is often not the issue in places like this.

There is water "Nearby" (I have spent a bit of time in that area, in fact my wife's engagement ring was purchased in Kalamazoo). but, Well.. What I call "Nearby" can be a long distance for a fire truck.

This is, as someone said, a basically rural area. The good news is in Michigan you are never a really long distance from water. (I forget the maximum but it's not more than a couple miles) just not handy on site.

Some states it can be 20 miles or more to the nearest puddle big enough to tank a fire tanker.

This article highlights the importance of norms of firefighting, country wide, that I've become used to and how to pick a place to store or repair your RV.
Hope none of the 3 units destroyed were owned by full-timers in particular.

Our local fire fighters do there best. And the often help keep the damage from becoming worse. For example they put water on any propane tanks nearby to keep them from exploding. But, by the time the fire department arrives around here it is to late to save any of the structure that is on fire. They have been called; and I don't like this saying; but, they have been called Foundation Savers.