97BlackBetty
Well-Known Member
wtf was burning?
MARAD Firefighting school for the Merchant Marine in Toledo Ohio. We were burning #2 fuel oil a.k.a. on road diesel. We got unbelievably lucky, it was the last week of march and the first 2 days were 70's. Luckily those 2 days were classroom days and walk through days. The following 2 days were in the teens and twenties with blowing snow, you wanted to be in that metal and cement burning structure.
The reason for using fuel oil for our burning materials is because that is what most of our ship board fires are going to be. Oh and we dont use foam like those pussy shore side guys, hell no we use H2O. Thats right, we put out gasoline, kerosene, and diesel with water.
