Round hay bale strategies? Got any?

[GTRider245]

I agree with the others, moving them out and unrolling is the way to go.

Now if you have a single stand alone round bale on fire, the fan is my weapon of choice.

[Paddiegrunt]

Years ago there was a nozzle call the penatrator, it was a 1/2" or 3/4" pipe with a beveled tip and was about 3' long with a "D" handle 1 1/2 "shut off. An you used it to jam into bales of hay to soak the interior of hay stacks.

[ChiefKN]

Hate these fires...

Luckily, we burned down one of the last few barns in town a few years ago.

Gotta break up the bales and foam em.

or

Spend days putting it out.

Sucks.

[firefighterbeau]

Cut the twine and unroll them, using a loader or track hoe works if ya have one there to break up the bales. Thats the best ways Ive seen.

I have never seen a piercing nozzle work ''well'' on a bale, well if ya have unlimited water supply they work. Maybe its just the type/brand of piercing nozzles I have seen used?? One fire i remember well, 4 brush trucks (300gallon tanks) each one took a bale, each one unrolled the bale and used maybe a half a tank, I was on our engine (1000 gallons on board) used the piercing nozzle, and used well over half a tank and it was still smoldering.

the other option if there is nothing around (like in the middle of a burnt hay field) is to just let em burn out. Depending once again on water supply.

[Bryan812]

Our dept had a fire simular to this around last fall. The only prob. with hay is that when you hit it with water it wants to go flying every where. what we did is drag it out kind of lay it down and then spray it to get the rest out. But our fire was not in a barn either. I hate hay bale fires.....

[CapnScott]

Bust 'em open - it's the best way to put round bale fires out. Plan on taking the time to get the job done, and call for lots of help in inclimate weather.

[GeorgeWendtCFI]

Luckily, we burned down one of the last few barns in town a few years ago.

I think I got about 12 hours OT and two lockups out of the last one. Flanders-Drakestown and 46?

[GeorgeWendtCFI]

Bust 'em open - it's the best way to put round bale fires out. Plan on taking the time to get the job done, and call for lots of help in inclimate weather.

What about the bruch truck doing about 40 across the field and hitting the sucker dead center? Make it look like a fireworks display.

[ChiefKN]

What about the bruch truck doing about 40 across the field and hitting the sucker dead center? Make it look like a fireworks display.

Be sure you are wearing your seat belt!

Safety first!

[CaptLou]

Hi All,

I taught a CAFS class a few years ago on Prince Edward Island. The department there used a stainless steel, spear like rod with a point on the end and numerous holes drill along the rod. The rod looked like a piece of ½” copper pipe, only this was stainless steel. The holes were only drilled along the rod at the pointed side, for about 12 inches. They would connect it to a hose line, stick the rod in and flow CAFS into the rolled bale of hay. They would fill it up from the inside out with soapy water.

I did not see it in action. Don't have a picture of it. But what they described to me would seem to work The department had told me that it worked well for them. They made no mention of opening up the roll.

Hope this helps,

Captain Lou
"Got Foam?"

[hwoods]

CaptLou, Sounds like their version of the piercing nozzle mentioned above......