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2-1/2" lines

What is your department's criteria for stretching a 2-1/2" line as the 1st line?
Is it by SOP, by occupancy, fire size, by the Officer's decision?
Have you ever had an instance where it was used as a first line and probably should not have been? How did it affect the job?

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Permalink Reply by Anthony Avillo on May 14, 2008 at 2:57pm

we use it on high rise
i am not against it as a first attack line
i've worked wtith it at the academy
one of the issues about poor manpower on the engines is to try to get them to work together stretching the 1 st line, especially if it is a 2-1/2. It is our SOP, but I know of some depts where each egnine stretches thier own line. Sharing creates fistfights on who has the nozzle.

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