"One of the benefits I see of a solid bore over a combination nozzle on an elevated master stream is that when you are dealing with a large fire there should be less water evaporating and actually getting to the seat of the fire. This is based…"
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Straight Bore Nozzle on 75ft Quint
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Does anyone have a Straight Bore Nozzle on their Aerial Apparatus? If so, why? We went from Fog to Straight and I;m trying to find all the Pros and Cons of each. Thanks!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Todd "Walt" Walton Sep 11, 2011.
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Larry Lasich replied to David H. Moore's discussion Straight Bore Nozzle on 75ft Quint"Plus; if you can afford to waste a tower on exposure protection, IMHO, you have too many towers.
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Shareef Abdu Nur replied to David H. Moore's discussion Straight Bore Nozzle on 75ft Quint"Bricault is absolutely correct! I would also like to humbly add that at 75 ft in the air with a fog tip one would lose alot of the stream to wind and by the time the water actually hit the fire it would probably be more steam than water…"
karl Findling replied to David H. Moore's discussion Straight Bore Nozzle on 75ft Quint"The above is right on! Smooth Bore nozzles are less effected by wind and deliver the goods. There are just a few instances where the combination fog nozzle may be desired--Rail car incidents, better cooling affect with fog IF no wind and within…"
Larry Lasich replied to David H. Moore's discussion Straight Bore Nozzle on 75ft Quint"Thank you Brick. I'm only answering this question once per customer."
Michael Bricault replied to David H. Moore's discussion Straight Bore Nozzle on 75ft Quint"-The advantage touted by users of the fog is always exposure protection. In fact, the best use of water delivery is in fact, to knock the fire down. exposure protection is general speaking, not effective use of the water and the tactic general…"
David H. Moore replied to David H. Moore's discussion Straight Bore Nozzle on 75ft Quint"Agreed! However, we have named ours" The Plasma Cutter" because it will literally cut a house in half. we have left ruts in the yard from overshooting. With the Fog it easy to protect exposures. We are a mostly residential community and I…"
Larry Lasich replied to David H. Moore's discussion Straight Bore Nozzle on 75ft Quint"Stack tips deliver more water to the target, with less nozzle reaction than fog nozzles."
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Does anyone have a Straight Bore Nozzle on their Aerial Apparatus? If so, why? We went from Fog to Straight and I;m trying to find all the Pros and Cons of each. Thanks!
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