Rural Water Manual

Question 1

Tanker Flow Calculations Rural Water

Answer 1

Capacity - 20 percent / round trip time

Question 2

Tanker task force

Answer 2

One engine
Three tankers
One command officer

Question 3

First Engine
Shuttle Operation/Nursing Operations/Direct Fill Operation

Answer 3

Arrive and layout LDH

Question 4

First Tanker Shuttle Op

Answer 4

Arrive in close proximity to attack Engine
Connect LDH to first engine
Drop Siamese behind tanker

Question 5

Second Engine Shuttle Op

Answer 5

Nurses Tanker
Establish the Dump Site

Question 6

Second Tanker Shuttle

Answer 6

Arrive at nursing site and supply
Join water shuttle
Drop RWS equipment if necessary

Question 7

Third Engine Shuttle

Answer 7

Assume Role of DSUL and WGS until relieved by chief
Dump water into system
Use crew for dump site

Question 8

Fourth Engine Shuttle

Answer 8

Crew minus driver become RIT
Drop water into tanker at dump site and become part of shuttle

Question 9

Fifth Engine Shuttle

Answer 9

Supply water into system when no tankers
Establish Fill site with two fill stations
FSUL assume

Question 10

Additional app on first alarm

Answer 10

Report to incident scene
Dump personnel
Move to staging

Question 11

First Tanker
Less than 200
200-1000ft
Over 1000ft

Answer 11

Establish Dump Site, connect LDH to first engine, assume direct fill Tanker

Proceed with engine to incident

Refer to preplan

Question 12

Second Engine
200
200-1000
1000

Answer 12

Transfer water to tanker or to Siamese
Become part of the shuttle operation

Layout from the dump site to the first tanker

Preplan

Question 13

Second tanker
200
200 1000
1000

Answer 13

Transfer water to first tanker

Connect to 2nd engine siamese
Serve as a direct fill tanker

Preplan

Make sure to set up mulitple lines to tankers intakes

Question 14

Third Engine
200
200-1000
1000

Answer 14

Dump Site Unit Leader
Driver transfers water to the tanker
Engine Joins the shuttle

Question 15

Fourth Engine Direct Fill

Answer 15

RIT
Driver transfers water and becomes part of the shuttle

Question 16

Fifth Engine Direct Fill

Answer 16

Fill Site Unit Leader
Fill site ops
2 lines to fill units.

Question 17

Relay ops are feasable at distances greater than

Answer 17

1 mile

Question 18

Fire boats can be used as a drafting unit to supply a relay TRUE OR FALSE

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Dry hydrants should be backflushed and tested every

Answer 19

6 months and prior to use

Question 20

Storage Tanks should be tested every

Answer 20

Six months

Question 21

Typical sizes of dump tanks

Answer 21

1500gal 10,3 x 30
2100gal 11,3 x 30
2500gal 12,3 x 30
3000gal 13,3 x 30

*memorize gallonage bc size of tanks are the same dimension except 10-13 increases by one

Question 22

Low level suction strainer use, flow and restriction

Answer 22

Use in dump tank
2 inch water level
750 Gpm

Question 23

Low profile jet siphon strainer use and flow

Answer 23

Allow engines to get water without drafting by charging a 1 3/4 hoseline to it
500 gpms

Question 24

Jet siphon use and flow

Answer 24

Move water between dump tanks

800 GPM flow

Question 25

Turbo Draft Use and connections

Answer 25

Allows a unit to access a water supply that would normally be out if reach for hard suction

2.5 or 3 inch conn

Question 26

Automatic Air Primer

Answer 26

Air used from the air tanks of the engine to automatically prime whenever the discharge pressure drops below 20 psi

Question 27

Rule of thumb for deciding on whether to use a relay or shuttle

Answer 27

If the distance to the water source is greater than a 3 pumper relay, use the shuttle

Question 28

All incoming tankers will supply the clappered siamese from the engine at ______psi

Answer 28

70

Question 29

Fill site ops
Fill tankers at a minimum rate of

Answer 29

1000 gpms at 100 psi one at a time

Question 30

REEU

Answer 30

Rapid
Efficient
Expandable
Uninterrupted

Question 31

What is considered a rural water supply

Answer 31

2000 feet from Hydrant access