“Our Fire Department purchased the reloader and it works great also. Your products did exactly what it said they would do. We are in the process of mounting brackets under our 2 main pumpers for rolling the hose after a fire. We are very satisfied with the hose rolling system.”
Jim Hitchcock, Assistant Fire Chief
Decatur Fire Department
“We just finished our hose testing and the crew was very happy with the performance of the Rookie Sidekick. The customer service was amazing and The Rookie is making hose rolling a much, much easier job.”
Captain Mike Kissell
Polk County FD#1, Independence, Oregon
“We have saved countless hours of backbreaking labor with the Rookie Sidekick, we love it!”
Stephanie Orcutt, Payette Fire Warehouse floor leader
McCall, Idaho
“We love the Rookie Sidekick. We roll a lot of hose and it does the job with little effort. Thank you Deschutes River Manufacturing for making life easier on us.”
Trevor Lewis
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
“We’re well pleased with the results and the time saved.”
Richard Wilson, Chief of Special Services
Baton Rouge Fire Department
“Hose rolling is one of the top causes of sprains and strains. If the Rookie Sidekick prevents even one injury, it’s worth the investment.”
Don Willis, Captain/Training Officer
Sunriver Fire & Rescue
“We bought the Rookie Sidekick mainly to help alleviate some of the work load on the guys from handling LDH on large structure fires.”
John Holstein, Chief
Danville West Virginia Fire Department
“We have used the Rookie for the past three years during out annual NFPA hose test process The Rookie greatly increased our efficiency, quickly rolling both 1" and 1.5" wildland hose and 1.5", 2.5", and 3" structure hose. The Rookie has saved us hundreds of man-hours that were formerly spent hand-rolling over 50,000 feet of hose each year.”
Andy Louden, Battalion Chief
Corvallis, Oregon Fire Department
“The first time we used The Rookie I had no question that this was a piece of equipment our department needed. The Rookie hose roller is great when you are dealing with long hose lays and hose tests. It’s helpful in both the manpower issues and just plain time issues that most departments face.”
David Matthews, Assistant Chief
East Bend, North Carolina V.F.D.
“Within a couple days of talking to Deschutes River Manufacturing, we had The Rookie Sidekick and Reloader. After our department tried The Rookie Sidekick, we felt it was a piece of equipment we had to have.
We recently upgraded to 5-inch hose on our engines. The Rookie Sidekick has helped us out with that for two main reasons: One is safety – the larger diameter hose is heavier, harder to handle and more likely to cause back injuries. And the other is time – The Rookie does a better job getting air out of the hose for redecking it.
The Reloader takes a couple of people out of the equation when redecking hose. Now we don’t need as many people on the ground, and we’re back on the truck a lot faster.
It’s easy to operate and user friendly. We’re also rolling 3-inch, and 1-3/4 inch hose – all with one unit.”
Gary Spoor, Assistant Chief
South Bend, Washington Volunteer Fire Department
“I want to take this opportunity to personally thank you for the generous donation of the Rookie Sidekick LDH6 and Rookie Sidekick Gas. Our students and clients have grown accustomed to quality training, which would not be possible without support such as yours.”
Robert L. Smith, Director
Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) & Emergency Services Training Institute (ESTI) College Station, Texas
“After watching the first length being rolled I knew picking up LDH had just gotten a lot easier. Saving time and greatly reducing the amount of backbreaking labor involved with handlng LDH are two features that convinced us to order our Rookie LDH portable hose roller.”
Steve Melton, Fire Chief
Kennett Fire Company No. 1
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
“Earlier this spring the Blue Mountain Ranger District purchased a Rookie Sidekick hose roller. The fire crews that use the hose roller like the ease of the maneuverability with the ‘Sidekick’ and the simplicity of operating it. Purchasing the Rookie Sidekick hose roller was money well spent.”
Robin Pugh
Fire Prevention Technician & Fire Cache Manager
“Your Rookie Sidekick is a handy machine and I am really impressed with its versatility.”
Doug Dunlap
Warm Springs Tribes, Supply Officer, Davis Lake Fire, Oregon
“The Rookie is a requested piece of equipment on the fire scene - saving time and energy while rolling up various lengths and sizes of fire hose.”
Karl Petty
Asst. Cache Manager, National Interagency Fire Support Cache, Redmond, Oregon, United States Forest Service