Found a Fire Depart that will fill my CF tanks for me

[blackdiesel]

I have 3 (ea) 60 minute (87 cf) Scott tanks and the fill station charges me close to $12 a tank.  Since I will be getting them filled for free now that's enough savings for 3-4 tins of pellets. 

[Oyfire45]

That's good more shooting.

[dcorvino]

That's very nice of them to do it for you.

Dave

[wormbobskey]

Fire dept. here won't fill mine at all. Still pumping.

[blackdiesel]

It took me awhile to find one to do it for me.  The county I live in refused, but the station near my office agreed to do it. I explained that my tanks were the same as the tanks they used and were up to standards to the Fire Protection Safety Association.  Finally, a Deputy Chief actually listened and saw there was no harm in using their compressors.

[QVTom]

That's great Norman.  I find it amazing so many refuse and they think those compressors belong to them.  Pretty sure they belong the to the people of the community.

Tom

[wormbobskey]

I'm not entirely convinced the person I talked to even has the authority to grant or refuse to allow me to get them filled. I'm going to check with a couple of the smaller fire departments in the county and see if maybe they will help me out for a small donation. Hopefully a little persistence will pay off.

[blackdiesel]

The larger departments always directed me to the deputy chief.  Some of them said "no" before I could even finish asking and explaining.

[wormbobskey]

That's pretty much the same reaction I got from the person who answered the phone. Not even sure if any of the smaller volunteer fire departments have their own compressors or not. That's why I checked with the largest city in the county first.

[Habanero69er]

That's great Norman.  I find it amazing so many refuse and they think those compressors belong to them.  Pretty sure they belong the to the people of the community.

Tom

I think it has a lot to due with liability. In this sue happy society we live in, everyone is in CYA mode.

[Rivers3Plinker]

That's great Norman.  I find it amazing so many refuse and they think those compressors belong to them.  Pretty sure they belong the to the people of the community.

Tom

I think it has a lot to due with liability. In this sue happy society we live in, everyone is in CYA mode.

On a similar note, and I think you are absolutely correct, I debated an aluminum CO2 tank for a kegerator I was building but was told by the local gas fill outfit in my town ( Purity Cylinder Gasses ) they would not fill it. Said legally the tanks needed a certification after some sort of water pressure test and the cost of that would be added to my bottle and fill, and it was cheaper to just buy a certified bottle from them.
I would assume same thing with a CF tank but I has some peeps at fire suppression business I can call now instead.
Some day I'll go there.

[blackdiesel]

I have Scott tanks which are the same as the fire departments and they meet NFPA standards just like the departments' tanks