Nozzle choice

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Kiestler on September 23, 2009 at 11:48am

My opinion on this varies depending on the nature of the incident. I prefer fogs on lines for grass/woods/brush fire and also the jump/trashlines on the engines used for cars/dumpsters/trash fires. On the structrual lines, I prefer a smoothbore, 15/16 on the 1.75, and 1 1/4 on the 2.5. I like having the extra punch the smoothbore delivers GPM wise, stream distance and I feel the lines are more managable with the smoothbores. Definatly smoothbores on master streams. I feel that if you go ahead and max out the avalible GPM, the fire goes out faster, with less chance for errors such as accidental change in nozzle pattern or GPM setting on adj. gallonage nozzles. Every nozzle has a time and place, but I've found that with this setup, things usually go smoothly. Hise rise operations or anything taken off of a standpipe should be smoothbore to allow the junk that may be in the piping to flow through and the reduced nozzle pressure will provide a more usable stream in most cases.

Permalink Reply by Jeff Schwering on September 26, 2009 at 7:09pm

We carry fog nozzles on our crosslays and trash line all 1.75". My preference if possible, would be leave the fog nozzles on the trash line and one jiffy. a smooth bore tip and another 50' of line on the other crosslay. Fog is good for vehicle and dumpster, Booster for grass ect. For structrual smooth bore jiffy first in, fog to follow. As far as a master stream, again the fog is on the appliance, but that would change and has chance according to the job at hand. Right for reach Lt. I'm not big on getting steamed.

Stay Safe
Jeff

Permalink Reply by Shareef Abdu Nur on September 28, 2009 at 9:10am

Christopher Kiestler hit it right on the head. Great job!