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Bright Future for Fire Crew Labor Saving Devices: Deschutes River Manufacturing’s ‘Rookie’ Hose Reel System Looks to Extend International Reach
SIMON MATHER Cascade Business News
Date: November 2009

Fire departments from as far afield as Asia and South America are poised to benefit from trailblazing labor and time-saving devices pioneered by Central Oregon technical innovators Deschutes River Manufacturing.

For years, the ‘grunt’ work involved in hand rolling hoses and lugging them back to the fire truck following an incident has fallen to newer fire fighters, tasked with laboriously rolling, squeezing and re-decking, or reloading, 100-foot-plus lengths.

But in recent times, hoses have grown ever wider and heavier, especially when residual air and water needing to be expelled is factored in, and the ante has been upped regarding back injury risk for effective weights that can hover over 150 pounds.

Pondering the situation led Deschutes River Manufacturing's founder David Johnston to tap 27 years of mechanical experience as a millwright to develop an ingenious portable, motorized fire hose roller first launched onto the market in 2002.

Since then, the Bend-based company has been revolutionizing the way industrial, municipal and wildland firefighters in the U.S. and Canada work, while recently great strides have been made towards spreading the word on a global scale. READ MORE

Deschutes River Manufacturing Names Steve Grediagin Sales Manager
Date: October 2009

Deschutes River Manufacturing recently named Steve Grediagin as the company’s new sales manager for its Rookie Sidekick line of motorized fire hose rollers. In his new role, Grediagin has already helped several new fire departments take delivery on orders for the company’s injury-prevention and labor-saving equipment.
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NEW DISTRIBUTOR: Continental Fire & Safety Represents Rookie Sidekick Fire Hose Rollers in New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania
Date: March 2008

Deschutes River Manufacturing’s Rookie Sidekick line of portable motorized fire hose rollers will now be available in New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania from Continental Fire and Safety. Based in Trenton, New Jersey, Continental Fire and Safety provides innovative and advanced fire, safety and suppression equipment. The company also distributes the Rookie Reloader, for transporting and re-decking rolled fire hose.
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NEW DISTRIBUTORS: L.N. Curtis & Sons and Shipman’s Fire Equipment Pick Up Deschutes River Manufacturing’s Rookie Sidekick Fire Hose Roller Line
Date: October 2007

Deschutes River Manufacturing’s Rookie Sidekick line of portable motorized fire hose rollers will now be available through two established distributors, L.N. Curtis & Sons and Shipman's Fire Equipment Co.
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PRODUCT UPDATE: The Rookie Sidekick All-In-One Portable Motorized Fire Hose Roller Now Rolls Any Size Fire Hose Up To 7-1/4 Inch Diameter
Date: September 2007

Deschutes River Manufacturing has improved its widely used portable motorized fire hose roller, The Rookie Sidekick All-In-One (AIO). By simply moving two pins, the updated AIO instantly adjusts to roll hose of any diameter, from 1-1/2 to 7-1/4 inches.
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BEND INNOVATOR LOOKS TO MAKE FIRE WORK EASIER - 'The Rookie' fire hose roller saves hours of exhausting grunt work
Anna Sowa - The Bend Bulletin
Date: June 3, 2007

After firefighters squelch the last embers of a blaze and their 100-foot hoses fall limp without water, someone must roll the roughly 100-pound hoses up, pushing remaining air and water out, and lug them back to the truck. Bend resident David Johnston says his Rookie-brand portable fire hose rollers save rookie firefighters from doing the grunt work.
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NEVER HAND ROLL FIRE HOSE AGAIN: The Rookie Sidekick All-In-One Portable Motorized Fire Hose Roller Effortlessly Rolls Any Size Fire Hose
Date: February, 2007

With The Rookie Sidekick All-In-One (AIO), firefighters can wave good-bye to rolling fire hose by hand. Deschutes River Manufacturing, creator of the world’s only portable motorized fire hose rollers, has developed a one-machine solution for rolling hose of any diameter, from 1-1/2 to 6 inches.
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DESCHUTES RIVER MANUFACTURING DEMONSTRATES FIRE POWER
Publication: Cascade Business News
Date: January 8th, 2007

Deschutes River Manufacturing recently demonstrated its power fire hose rollers for 400 industrial firefighters from across the U.S. at the Texas Engineering Extension Service's Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station, Texas. The company also donated two of its power hose rollers with portable stands and a reloader to the TEEX Emergency Services Training Institute.
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ROOKIE SIDEKICK POWER HOSE ROLLER TESTED IN TEXAS
Publication - Fire Apparatus
Date: January, 2007

Deschutes River Manufacturingrecently demonstrated its power fire hoserollers for 400 industrial firefighters fromacross the U.S.at the Texas EngineeringExtension Serviceís Brayton Fire TrainingField in College Station,Texas.The com-pany also donated two ofits power hoserollers with portable stands,and areloader to the facilityís Emergency Ser-vices Training Institute (ESTI).
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30 DAY TRIAL AVAILABLE FOR WORLD'S ONLY MOTORIZED PORTABLE FIRE HOSE ROLLERS
Novemember 20, 2006

Deschutes River Manufacturing, creator of the world's only portable motorized fire hose rollers, has introduced a 30-day trial program for firefighting professionals to tryout The Rookie Sidekick hose rollers and The Rookie Reloader. Wildland, municipal and industrial fire suppression organizations pay only the cost of shipping the equipment and may put it through the paces without any obligation to buy.
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ROOKIE POWER FIRE HOSE ROLLERS ASSIST FIREFIGHTERS AT TEEX EMERGENCY SERVICES TRAINING INSTITUTE
September 27, 2006

Deschutes River Manufacturing recently demonstrated its power fire hose rollers for 400 industrial firefighters from across the U.S. at the Texas Engineering Extension Service's Brayton Fire Training Field in College Station, Texas. The company also donated two of its power hose rollers with portable stands and a reloader to the TEEX Emergency Services Training Institute.
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News and Press Contact Information:
Deschutes River Manufacturing
65533 Old Bend - Redmond Hwy
Bend, OR 97701
toll free phone: 877-868 -1951
fax: 541-389-4218
e-mail: the-rookie@bendbroadband.com