VIDEO: Firefighters save lives every day, and one Lawrence County, Ohio, town has a new tool to help them save even more lives. โItโs called Turbo Draft,โ said Matt Jenkins, the Aid Township Volunteer Fire Department Chief. โIts design is to move massive amounts of water force from limited water supply.โ
Aid Township Volunteer Fire Department members spent the day Monday testing out their new equipment. โIt can move up to 675 gallons a minute with max capacity,โ Jenkins said. Their new equipment can potentially save more lives. โItโs going to save so much time,โ Jenkins said. โWeโre going to be able to set water aside our trucks where weโre limited on hydrants, and the drive time for tankers to haul water into us.โ Turbo Draft is especially important for rural fire departments. It cuts time like Chief Jenkins mentions, but also adds more water supply that they can use.
โItโs very important to us,โ Jenkins said. โWeโre limited on three fire hydrants here to cover three townships. We cover all of north eastern Lawrence County, so weโre trucking water from wherever we can get it.โ Chief Jenkins and the rest of his staff are hoping more fire departments in the Tri-State area will learn about this equipment and use it to their advantage. โNobodyโs really heard a lot about it other than social media sites and stuff like that,โ Jenkins said. โThatโs where we found it and researched it. We thought it would be a great tool. We applied for a grant, and also received some other equipment with that grant as well.โ
