It’s called the HotTop, and it’s a burly bag that’s meant to take abuse on a daily basis. My second, larger pack is also made by Mystery Ranch. (You may want to carry fresher snacks than I do!) We typically keep snacks in the compartments on the engines, but I have yet to find a time when I have really needed them. Lastly, I carry a nasty, stale granola bar from three years ago in the main compartment. Plus, a good multi-tool can usually get you out of almost any pinch within reason. The zip-tied fittings are also stored in our engineer’s compartments, but keeping a pair in your pack is easy, and provides quick and cheap insurance against an easily avoidable frustration.Īttached to the waist strap of my pack is a Leatherman, because you never know what you might come across. Forest Service years ago and learned the hard way that they use a different hose thread than we do. ![]() I carry these adapters, and many other departments do too, because if a progressive hoselay is out on the fireground from one type of hose, we can quickly adapt to it without having to search for the right fitting we just grab the needed adapter from our bag, attach it and move on.Īs simple as this may seem, we have, on occasion, run into this dilemma and been stumped, like when we were on mutual aid with the U.S. The fittings are adapters for 1″ NH to 1″ NPSH, and the two are zip-tied together. I carry three fusees in the dedicated fusee pocket, as well as a small spanner wrench in the main compartment with a pair of fittings. The first bag, a Hotspot by Mystery Ranch, has only 550 cubic inches of space beyond the fire shelter pouch, because it’s intended for engine ops. I actually have two line packs: one that I grab for initial-attack ops when assigned to the engine, and another, larger bag that I take with me when deployed to WUI/wildland incidents that are of longer duration and that take me away from the creature comforts of an engine. In this article, I’ll discuss some of the items that I feel are necessary to keep in your pack (and that I keep with me) at all times when deployed to a WUI/wildland fire. So when deployed to these types of incidents, we bring along our line packs that, as many of you know, can be stuffed with anything from hand tools to bug spray. Like most fire departments these days, we’re trained to be ready for anything for us, that means training on and carrying a lot of equipment needed to fight WUI/wildland fires. My department is a structural department that, due to its location, also responds to wildland and wildland/urban interface (WUI) incidents. Working as a firefighter in Montana allows you to experience various types of fires and firefighting techniques. Swantek, however, says Carroll was very well-spoken in their interview and knew exactly what he was doing.By Chuck Sallade | FireRescue Magazine, Issue 8 Volume 7 It’s not worth losing your life over,” shopper Faye Harwell said.Ĭarroll’s father said his son suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car wreck a few years ago and was in a coma for a month, which may explain his behavior. “I’d let him have it because it’s just not worth that much. However, authorities remind the public that fighting for your purse is not worth the possibility of losing your life. “He admitted that he had borrowed money from a friend and then lost the money at a casino here in town,” Swantek said. When police arrested Carroll Tuesday, they say he admitted to the crime. ![]() Rahn suffered cuts to her head, elbows, hip and ankles.Ī bystander is seen running away from her cart to help Rahn. Seconds later, Rahn is then seen being dragged a few feet in the parking lot until the purse strap breaks and the suspect runs away with the purse. “She told the suspect, ‘You’re not going to get it,’ referring to her purse,” Swantek said. ![]() ![]() Police say Carroll can be seen violently grabbing Rahn’s purse and yanking her to the ground. “Or just not realize that, luckily in this day and age, there’s surveillance everywhere.” “I would have to say pretty desperate,” Det. Police say Carroll can be seen walking right behind her out of the store and attacking her in the middle of the afternoon. Surveillance video shows Rahn leaving the Shawnee Walmart store on Jan. The victim, 59-year-old Cynthia Rahn, was visiting from Texas. He was arraigned Wednesday on a first-degree robbery complaint. Through surveillance video, they were able to identify and capture 23-year-old Devin Carroll of Choctaw on Tuesday. Shawnee police say they’ve captured a man responsible for dragging a woman across a parking lot while trying to steal her purse. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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