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
In a relay operation what is the maximum distance between engines
1000 feet
The maximum flow for a low level strainer is
750GPM
What is the minimum flow for a jet syphon strainer
500
The minimal dispatch for a tanker taskforce consists of
1 Engine
3 Tankers
1 Command officer
What is the tanker flow calculation
Tanker flow=capacity(gallons on a tanker) minus 20% divided by round trip time
What is the role of the second engine on a nursing operation
Complete set up of nursing operation, when no tanker is available supply water into systems
