Pump Ops Chpt 8 Flashcards
Reduce the number of pressure calculations required of the driver operator. In order to ensure reliability_______ must be maintained in accordance with the manufacturers recommendations.
Flowmeter
The drivers/operators ability to quickly and accurately determine the flow of a particular hose line in gallons per minute is especially advantageous when _________ are employed with handlines or master stream devices.
Automatic nozzles
Based on NFPA 1901 standard, for every discharge outlet equipped with a _______, a pressure gauge shall be provided. These ________ must display flow in increments of 10 gpm or less.
Flowmeter
Mounted at the top of a straight section of the discharge pipe so that only a small portion of the device extends into the waterway.
Paddle wheel
Employs a stainless steel spring probe to detect water movement in the discharge piping.
Spring probe
Each discharge equipped with a Flowmeter must have a digital readout displayed mounted within ______ of the control valve for that discharge.
6 inches
If a pressure gauge is mounted at the 6 inch location, then the Flowmeter must be mounted within ________ adjacent to the pressure gauge.
2 inches
Additionally, a hose line may have _____ if an attack team member sends a message saying that the volume of the water at the nozzle has suddenly decreased without a corresponding change at the Flowmeter
Burst
When engaged in a ___________, the driver/operator may feed a supply line without having to know the volume of water flowing from the receiving pumper.
Relay pumping operation
Apparatus equipped with electronic pressure governors involved in relay pumping, with the exception of the attack pumper, should operate in ______.
Revolutions per minute RPM
When operating an apparatus equipped with a _______, the number and types of nozzles on lines operating from the standpipe may be factored by adding the flow rate for each nozzle together and pumping the volume of water that matches the rate.
Flowmeter
The _________of the calculator consists of a slide or dial that can be moved to cover or reveal rates of flow, size of hose, and length of hose layout in order to come to a conclusion to a problem.
Manual version
Are specially programmed to allow you to input the variables of each hose layout, including the length, diameter of hose, and elevation changes
Electronic hydraulic calculators
Are often developed by a fire department and contain information specific to that jurisdiction equipment and common hose layout operations.
Pump charts
May be used for operations in which the friction loss can be determined for 3-, 4-, or 5- inch hose. This formula may be used for 3 inch hose with 2 1/2 inch or 3 inch couplings.
Condensed Q formula
