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Rick Haase

Rick Haase

Rick Haase is the fire chief of the Staunton (IL) Fire Protection District and owner/operator of Haase Consulting and Training, which specializes in emergency response and safety consulting and training for industry/businesses and municipalities. He is also a hazmat duty officer for the MABAS 35 Hazmat Team and fulfills several other functions in area mutual-aid teams. Previously, he served as fire chief at the WRB Refining – Phillips 66 Wood River Refinery in Roxana, Illinois. He has served as both the chairman and vice chairman of the Industrial Fire and Safety Section of the International Association of Fire Chiefs and is currently an active member of the section. He has also served as a field staff instructor for the Illinois Fire Service Institute for more than 25 years. Rick is currently active in the volunteer sector serving as the Chief of the Staunton Fire Protection District in Staunton, IL for the last 28 years. Rick has been a member of the Staunton Fire Protection District for the last 41 years and has also served as training officer and assistant chief. The Staunton Fire Protection District is a volunteer department with 35 active volunteers which covers 32 square miles in southern Macoupin County and northern Madison County.
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Big Fire—Big Water for Rural Communities

Date & Time

February 25, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Duration

1 Hour

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One of the keys to successfully extinguishing a large-scale fire is developing a sufficient water supply system/operation and applying streams to the seat of the fire. Performing these operations in a rural environment with a limited pressurized water supply system makes the process much more demanding. This webcast will discuss topics such as the design elements of high-volume rural water supply systems (water system planning—pressurized and static sources, high-volume distribution equipment, preplanning for high volume rural operations, etc.), design elements of rural water supply equipment (apparatus, portable pump, hose systems, and high-volume distribution devices), strategies for high-volume rural water supply and discharge operations, and the overall implementation process for these elements. The program will review systems and operations that have been successfully implemented during actual incidents. This program will help you develop the “big flows” for the big rural fires.

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