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Just wanted to see who does basement pump outs?
I thought it was odd a couple years after I joined my dept, a guy came into our station and asked us to come pump out his basement, he said he had 2 feet of water and it was still coming in. One of the Lt's came over and told him that the Fire Dept doesn't do that, that he would have to wait till morning and talk to the Water Dept. The guy looked like he had been shot, just in disbelief. I asked if the Dept had ever pumped out basements, the Lt said back in the 60s and early 70s, but after losing a couple of pumps the chiefs finally said no more.
Apparently in my town the water dept handles all the pump outs and at a pretty steep fee, its not a courteous thing for them. And after finding out that every other town around us does them, I was kinda shocked.
I thought it was odd a couple years after I joined my dept, a guy came into our station and asked us to come pump out his basement, he said he had 2 feet of water and it was still coming in. One of the Lt's came over and told him that the Fire Dept doesn't do that, that he would have to wait till morning and talk to the Water Dept. The guy looked like he had been shot, just in disbelief. I asked if the Dept had ever pumped out basements, the Lt said back in the 60s and early 70s, but after losing a couple of pumps the chiefs finally said no more.
Apparently in my town the water dept handles all the pump outs and at a pretty steep fee, its not a courteous thing for them. And after finding out that every other town around us does them, I was kinda shocked.