Sand Springs Fire Department Battles Grass Fire

[@kcemergencyresponse]

nice!!

[@MillerStark1116]

Right on! Not too often you see engines respond on these grass fires, or at least that was the case on my side of the state.

[@soonerstatefirephotography]

@@MillerStark1116 yeah, most of the depts around here SS, Sapulpa, Berryhill, Tulsa, ect. Roll an engine or quint with their grass rigs. My dept is volly so we'll roll 1 or 2 brush trucks then a high-capacity engine or tanker.

[@MarkGTLLC]

Formerly with a rural California combination FD. We would roll several Patrols (T6 engine single staffed) along with a couple heavy engines (T1s - ours carried at least 1500 gals). Patrols would go off-road and direct with pump & roll while heavies hung out on the farm roads to hold the road and serve as water tenders when the T6s run dry.

[@soonerstatefirephotography]

@@MarkGTLLC if we are really low on manpower we'll take a T6 out with a 1 man crew, we don't like to though, it's rare. We roll an Engine or Tanker out with one man all the time for a brush fire.

[@MarkGTLLC]

@soonerstatefirephotography Tankers are great for wildland fire, SEATs can make some hay in light flashy fuels! BUT they're a lot more effective flying than rolling. 😉

[@MillerStark1116]

@@soonerstatefirephotography Ah gotcha. My dept only had one engine that was reserved only for structure fires and vehicle fires. 75% of our calls were grass fires. A full-scale brush response for us would be our brush pumper, two heavy brushes, and our tanker.

[@VortexAlleyMedia]

Nice catch, watched it go down from a nearby road

[@soonerstatefirephotography]

Thanks, and cool I happened to be heading west from Tulsa when they toned out.

[@MargaretCampbell-wv7eg]

Thay need to get the hay rolls up or the dude is not going to have hay for his cows. That would help alot😮