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Most jurisdictions require public service vehicles to be equipped with fire extinguishers.Back in the late 60’s my company donated 30 lb. ABC extinguishers to our local police force. One for each patrol car. The 30 lb. model is a beast and capable of putting out a sizable fire. More importantly, the extra capacity can compensate for a certain lack of experience and skill.The police found it great sport to beat the fire engines to a fire and put the fire out before the fire dept arrived.After a few such incidents, the fire dept. complained to the police dept, claiming they were being made to look foolish.I understand the police were actually (off the record) advised to back off and let the firemen do their job.

Be sure and check with the neighbor whose house was saved. He may have a different point of view on the issue. I am sure your neighbors are pleased you hold a few dollars worth of water more valuable than their homes.I would be proud to donate any of my water to save a neighbor’s property. If my garden hose or stepladder would help I would want someone to just come and take it.Most states allow the fire dept to take water from any source. As a courtesy they often replace it when the fire is over, but are not required to. Although allowed to, they try very hard not to use open sewer ponds as a water source. Spreading raw sewage over the neighborhood tends to have negative side effects. In remote mountain areas small high elevation tarns have special ecological values that are balanced against the needs of the fire.There is a firefighting training course called S-215 Fire Operations in the Urban Interface. This course focuses on structure triage and how to prep homes from an approaching wildfire when you only have minutes. Among the techniques taught are disconnecting the propane bottle from the backyard grill and either tossing it in the pool are or throwing it as far from the house as possible, removing lawn furniture or any other items next to the house, placing the homeowner stepladder next to the house, and spraypainting a large W in blue paint on the front of the house if there is fire engine access to a pool. No doubt you would try and sue for each of those actions.

Here’s one thats maybe the reverse—For the 70’s TV show Emergency they needed a truck for the paramedics—Squad 51. The LA fire department didn’t have time to build one so they lent the blue prints to Universal who built the replica on a Dodge D300 Chassis. When the show was over the prop was donated to the LACFD who used it for a couple of years as a real fire dept unit.