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<blockquote data-quote="Oklahomabassin" data-source="post: 1841214" data-attributes="member: 1546"><p>Yes, Okie4570 I hear ya on that. Our trucks are funded mostly by city and some county tax dollars. It would be hard to justify to the city tax payers, why we are taking there truck 500 miles for fire suppression. Especially if it leaves us short handed enough, we have a significant loss of property here. We have one Ford 3/4 ton cab and chassis that was donated by the forestry grant, we put a bed, and tank/pump skid on it. We also have a 5000 gallon tanker that is on a forestry cab and chassis, but its only safe to drive empty about 50 mph and not sure it would make the round trip. </p><p></p><p>On a side note, we were on a fire today that was very near a trailer house that was being set up. The lady that is the resident there, came up to us, very scared and was asking if we were staying all night to watch in case it flared up. She informed us that they had just left Colorado Springs to get away from the wildfire. She was originally from the area.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oklahomabassin, post: 1841214, member: 1546"] Yes, Okie4570 I hear ya on that. Our trucks are funded mostly by city and some county tax dollars. It would be hard to justify to the city tax payers, why we are taking there truck 500 miles for fire suppression. Especially if it leaves us short handed enough, we have a significant loss of property here. We have one Ford 3/4 ton cab and chassis that was donated by the forestry grant, we put a bed, and tank/pump skid on it. We also have a 5000 gallon tanker that is on a forestry cab and chassis, but its only safe to drive empty about 50 mph and not sure it would make the round trip. On a side note, we were on a fire today that was very near a trailer house that was being set up. The lady that is the resident there, came up to us, very scared and was asking if we were staying all night to watch in case it flared up. She informed us that they had just left Colorado Springs to get away from the wildfire. She was originally from the area. [/QUOTE]
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