When Do You Call For Water In The Line

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Permalink Reply by Barry Aptt on May 4, 2008 at 5:04pm

The call for water goes out once the nozzle has reached the point of entry. We don't have anything prior going on except checking the stream. Unfortunately, we are only able to get one line in operation most times.

Permalink Reply by Brandon Wyant on May 14, 2008 at 11:14am

One thing that was metioned earlier was that they like to go in with fog nozzles and i dont think alot fo people know how much water there actually getting out of those with a regular combo nozzle your lucky to get 95 gpm with 125 psi that just doesnt cut it as far as im concerned when you can get 180 gpm at 50 psi from a smooth bore this is on 1-3/4 hose its all bout gpms vs btus and if you never over come the btus your never gonna put the fire out until if burns down enough that you can over come them and a wide fog does not protect you in a flashover your best defense is a straight or preferable solid stream up high to school down the super heated gases

Permalink Reply by Ray McCormack on May 16, 2008 at 9:11am

Brandon When do you call for water in the line?

Permalink Reply by Brandon Wyant on May 16, 2008 at 12:53pm

well in a residential fire it is always charged before we go into the front door on a residential fire i like to think of the entire building as the fire areas on a high rise it is charged on the floor below the fire floor

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