Water supply for rural fire operations Flashcards
Rural and suburban fires typically occur where hydrants are in excess of______ feet from the occupancy on fire?
2000 feet
Who is responsible to become the fill site unit leader
The officer in charge on the 5th engine
The steamer on a dry hydrant must be no higher than ____ in off the ground
24”
Each fill site should support at least how many fill stations?
2
Who is responsible for designating a staging area for units to be abandoned so not to imped traffic
dump site unit leader
In a fill site operation, Fill tankers at a minimal rate of _____GPM at ___PSI one at a time
1000gpm 100psi
Who is responsible for calculating turn around time and gpm per unit in shuttle and provide total gpm to water supply supervisor
Dump site unit leader
Non hydrant full assignment
5 Engines 3 Tankers 2 Trucks 1 Rescue 1 ems unit 2 command officers 1 ems supervisor 1 safety officer
What mode should fill site engines with electronic governor controls be in while drafting
RPM mode
Who establishes water supply group supervisor
Third arriving engine officer
On a dump site operation and a nursing operation what do you supply the tanker at
70 PSI
With 4in hose what distance is feasible for relay operations?
Over a mile
Storage tank systems should be checked every____ for proper operation
every 6 months
How many and what size hard sleeves are recommended for the minimal equipment cash on all tankers
2 6” hard sections
When is a tanker shuttle a better choice than a relay
When the distance to the water source is greater than 3 pumpers
