r/Firefighting • u/Few-Ability-7312 • 26d ago

General Discussion Who needs a Tiller that big?

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u/glinks 26d ago

My volunteer department that runs 300 calls a year with no buildings over 40 feet tall does.

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u/TsunamiWrecker 26d ago

I bet they leave the borough a lot tho - at least, my local version of that does.

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u/nicklor 26d ago

Yea but the expense goes to the small town that never really needed it. My town has a fancy ladder with a bucket that also only really only gets used for mutual aid for boring surround and drowns but we do have medium sized buildings which is how we justified it

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u/FLDJF713 Chauffeur/FF1 NYS 26d ago

Also very good for water rescues or confined ditch rescue and such. We would use a 70ft stick a lot for water rescues if adjacent to a road.

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u/Whatisthisnonsense22 25d ago

ISO points, if you have a certain number of buildings that a 35-footer won't reach the top floor.

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u/nicklor 25d ago

We got a 100 footer but yea im sure it's an iso thing just the bucket is a bit overkill

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u/Whatisthisnonsense22 25d ago

Working out of a bucket is world's better than a straight stick if you are doing anything more than just climbing.

Plus, there isn't a much better view of a surround and drown than in the bucket.

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u/Still-Union-2528 26d ago

300 calls a year is crazy!

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u/incompletetentperson 25d ago

Shit my careeer department that runs half a million calls a year does lol