Interesting Fire Department stuff.

Eichhörnchen · 06-17-17, 04:11 AM

Thanks, Aktung. My dad drove for the RASC in Korea, but his Bedford QL wasn't a fire truck: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...50&postcount=1

Aktungbby · 06-17-17, 08:57 AM

^ Well he's made it to this site as well http://www.naafi.co.uk/history My 1st LT dad, a five year WWII vet, was slated to be redrafted to fly in B-29's as a flight engineer, by then death traps for MIGs over Korea. His employer got him deferred as he was in development of practically all instant coffee and teas, including GI C-ration instant coffee, for the military....I wonder what NAAFI served?!! He made instant coffee for 17 years in Minneapolis MN until transferring to industrial dehydration of onions and garlic, used in most prepared food mixes etc. incl C-rations and moving to California as general manger. I worked two college 110-degree summers at that plant in Gilroy CA. unloading fleets of onion semi-tucks dropping their harvests into the bins...http://www.conagrabrands.com/news-room/news-conagra-foods-announces-agreement-to-sell-gilroy-foods-flavors-dehydrated-and-vegetable-product-operations-to-olam-international-1435547 Bon Apetit! and try to avoid the 'military-industrial' complex!

Eichhörnchen · 06-17-17, 11:41 AM

So the old guy is still getting around with his NAAFI Mobile Canteen!

Aktungbby · 06-17-17, 11:58 AM

^ I knew you'd b pleased! (is there a possible copywrite infringement ...U struggling artists need all the help U can get....

)

Eichhörnchen · 06-17-17, 12:12 PM

I expect they lifted it from that book. I suppose copyright died with the old man (he never left a will) but you'd only be asking a small fee for something like that.

Aktungbby · 10-09-17, 03:51 AM

Well we're glued to our tv sets power outages permitting and I've tried to post this twice now. (4) big fires are at Napa with bone dry conditions and evacuations ordered. Firefighters are not attacking the fire yet, concentrating instead on more vital evacuations ...especially in a remote rugged are known as Atlas Peaks. House are clearly burning. Churches in town are setting up as evac centers and residents are advised to have a car prepped with food, clothes, etc ready-to-go. Embers are blowing all over from 30-50 mph winds and the smoke is evident at my abode with tree branches blown onto the roof with crashing sounds as I post my particular street is 10-15 miles from the worst blaze; at 01:45 the night will be long and fire is the devil's only friend. My CA fire chief neighbor,in charge of communication and coordination is already out somewhere and we've heard the (his) command center has already moved a few times as the situation shifts rapidly. More on this later....(edit: power went out 1 minute later, just after this post, till Tuesday PM fires all night Saturday to the East West and just North of my house.)

Schroeder · 11-06-17, 07:17 PM

A documentary about a huge fire in LA county in 1961:

06-17-17, 04:11 AM	#1
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,462 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Thanks, Aktung. My dad drove for the RASC in Korea, but his Bedford QL wasn't a fire truck: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...50&postcount=1 __________________

06-17-17, 08:57 AM	#2
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,059 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	How an army really "travels on it's stomach" ^ Well he's made it to this site as well http://www.naafi.co.uk/history My 1st LT dad, a five year WWII vet, was slated to be redrafted to fly in B-29's as a flight engineer, by then death traps for MIGs over Korea. His employer got him deferred as he was in development of practically all instant coffee and teas, including GI C-ration instant coffee, for the military....I wonder what NAAFI served?!! He made instant coffee for 17 years in Minneapolis MN until transferring to industrial dehydration of onions and garlic, used in most prepared food mixes etc. incl C-rations and moving to California as general manger. I worked two college 110-degree summers at that plant in Gilroy CA. unloading fleets of onion semi-tucks dropping their harvests into the bins...http://www.conagrabrands.com/news-room/news-conagra-foods-announces-agreement-to-sell-gilroy-foods-flavors-dehydrated-and-vegetable-product-operations-to-olam-international-1435547 Bon Apetit! and try to avoid the 'military-industrial' complex! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

06-17-17, 11:41 AM	#3
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,462 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	So the old guy is still getting around with his NAAFI Mobile Canteen! __________________

06-17-17, 11:58 AM	#4
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,059 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	^ I knew you'd b pleased! (is there a possible copywrite infringement ...U struggling artists need all the help U can get....) __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

06-17-17, 12:12 PM	#5
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,462 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I expect they lifted it from that book. I suppose copyright died with the old man (he never left a will) but you'd only be asking a small fee for something like that. __________________

10-09-17, 03:51 AM	#6
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,059 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Well we're glued to our tv sets power outages permitting and I've tried to post this twice now. (4) big fires are at Napa with bone dry conditions and evacuations ordered. Firefighters are not attacking the fire yet, concentrating instead on more vital evacuations ...especially in a remote rugged are known as Atlas Peaks. House are clearly burning. Churches in town are setting up as evac centers and residents are advised to have a car prepped with food, clothes, etc ready-to-go. Embers are blowing all over from 30-50 mph winds and the smoke is evident at my abode with tree branches blown onto the roof with crashing sounds as I post my particular street is 10-15 miles from the worst blaze; at 01:45 the night will be long and fire is the devil's only friend. My CA fire chief neighbor,in charge of communication and coordination is already out somewhere and we've heard the (his) command center has already moved a few times as the situation shifts rapidly. More on this later....(edit: power went out 1 minute later, just after this post, till Tuesday PM fires all night Saturday to the East West and just North of my house.) __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!! Last edited by Aktungbby; 10-10-17 at 04:47 PM.

11-06-17, 07:17 PM	#7
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	A documentary about a huge fire in LA county in 1961: __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Switch to Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode