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Gilbert Lumber in Smsithville, Ohio suffered a fire Saturday March 24, 2001. The first unit arrived to find one of the buildings used to produce pallets partically ablaze. But despite theintensity and length of the blaze, the property was not a total loss. eight Departments responded and there were 5 vacuum tankers supplying water from near by static sources to assist the towns water hydrants.

"Just the one section of the building was lost" said the manager. "We are still in operation and we'll be up and running on Monday morning".

The result was different at a previous fire 10 years before when the complete complex burned and the hydrants collapsed. There were no vacuum tankers at that fire.



Near Wooster, Ohio an older barn caught fire one May after a lightning storm. The owner said he initially thought the barn would be a total loss but later checked into whether new roof trusses could be used on the charred timber. "The timber was still good and as solid as when the agricultural equipment was parked on it" He said. Now the old barn has a new life with a new roof, trusses and gray siding mounted to the charred - but structurally sound- original timber frame. Five vacuum tankers supplied water to that fire. The owner credits firefighters' quick response.



Cannan Township Fire Department from Creston, Ohio was called to "the BIG one" in the middle of the night in 2006. A meat processing plant was on fire that took 4 alarms and 6+ departments to battle the blaze and protect two exposed propane tanks. There were no hydrants in the area yet the combination of vacuum and conventional tankers supplied enough water to contain the fire to the building in which it started and saved the surrounding attached buildings. "When you train so often for the BIG one, it was good to see everything worked together well" one of the firefighters said.