All Videos Tagged engine company (Fire Engineering Training Community) - Fire Engineering Training Community 2024-04-20T08:07:41Z https://community.fireengineering.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=engine+company&rss=yes&xn_auth=no The Science of Firefighting: Cisterns tag:community.fireengineering.com,2014-09-16:1219672:Video:603142 2014-09-16T19:17:12.345Z Fire Engineering https://community.fireengineering.com/profile/FireEngineering <a href="https://community.fireengineering.com/video/video/show?id=1219672%3AVideo%3A603142"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1506909413?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Ever notice a brick-lined circle embedded into a street intersection? Keep an eye out and you'll see them throughout San Francisco. As part of the San Francisco Fire Department's Auxiliary Water Supply System, these brick circles indicate a cistern full of water. Join SFFD's Chief Ken Lombardi and Firefighter Hashim Anderson as they discuss the history and… <a href="https://community.fireengineering.com/video/video/show?id=1219672%3AVideo%3A603142"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1506909413?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Ever notice a brick-lined circle embedded into a street intersection? Keep an eye out and you'll see them throughout San Francisco. As part of the San Francisco Fire Department's Auxiliary Water Supply System, these brick circles indicate a cistern full of water. Join SFFD's Chief Ken Lombardi and Firefighter Hashim Anderson as they discuss the history and function of these cisterns, and demonstrate the drafting procedures used to access the water. <i>Video: Exploratorium</i><br /> <br /> HT Ray McCormack of <i>Urban Firefighter</i>, <a href="http://www.fireengineering.com/urbanfirefighter.html">http://www.fireengineering.com/urbanfirefighter.html</a>