There are times when hooking to a Fire Department Connection on a standpipe equipped building you may run into trouble trying to make the hook up
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A well equipped standpipe bag is a necessary piece of equipment for fighting a fire in a standpipe equipped building, and what you carry in it is critical.
When your fire building involves a standpipe system there should be a big question mark in your mind if the best strategy and tactic is to utilize it or stretch from the pumper.
The URFA Field Adjustable Pressure Reducing Standpipe Valve is the only Field Adjustable Pressure Reducing Valve designed with the firefighter in mind.
There are four main type of standpipe valve outlets and in this episode Dave McGrail and Chris Martin review design features as well as operational considerations that firefighters should be aware of relating to them.
In this episode we are taking the RAM XD INSIDE and operating it off of a standpipe for situations where greater volumes of water, and increased reach and penetration are needed.
In this episode, Jeff Shupe compares in detail 2" versus 2-1/2" with a side-by-side comparison showing that while the 2" hose line has its applications, the 2-1/2" is still the "King of hose lines".
In this episode Jeff Shupe reviews the historical evolution of 2” hose and its fit in today’s fire service as an intermediate size hose line, balancing high flows with mobility utilizing a 1-1/16” tip with a target flow of 240 gallons per minute.
Many departments carry Inline Pressure Gauges on engine companies for standpipe operations or have them for testing, but checking them for accuracy is an important part of their use.
A new appliance for high rise hook ups is a Standpipe Flowmeter.
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