I won't disagree but I did have a small caveat so as to not denigrate the folks in 482 sq. mi. areas. "But the initial setup can take some time and that's a function of how far you are from your neighboring FD's."
So in your case you can do 1000 gpm and I bet you can. But your set up time to get 5-6 tankers/tenders (assuming sustained 200 gpm a piece) is 30-60 minutes from your call for the tenders which may very well be 20 minutes after the initial call for fire. Then again with a 4 mile round trip 200 gpm might stretch it a bit considering a 10 minute dump drive fill drive cycle on a 2000 gpm tank. Around here my set up time is about 5-20 minutes until I get to a sustained 1000 gpm with no more than 5 minutes from the initial call for fire. And for those that wonder about the tanker/tender east vs. west. In the west tankers have wings. In many parts of the east we'd have no clue what to call a fire fighting apparatus with wings but a UFO. Although as a FF for the DOD at West Point Military Academy for a time we called them Blackhawks and Huey's. And it's damn hard to get the water drop from a west coast tanker into the draft tank. Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thom McMahon Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 1:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Manual wet standpipes Chris: Loved your dissertation up till the end, about the tanker/tender shuttle. Our Fire District is about 482 Sq Miles, all the surrounding districts are of similar size. We have a single 2200 Gal Tender 1984, most of the other districts have the same. When our FDP finally arrives at a fire, sometimes 20 min. after the call, the haul distance for the tenders if often over 4 miles round trip, and that can very well be from a draft. Can't even keep 250 Gpm going until the second tender arrives (about 30 Min. later). I'd love to see a 1000 Gpm tender operation, but it will never happen here. On the same note we only have standpipes where there is water. Go figure? Thom McMahon Firetech, Inc. 2560 Copper Ridge Dr Steamboat Springs, CO 80488-2136 Tel: 970-879-7952 Fax: 970-879-7926 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Cahill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:56 AM Subject: RE: Manual wet standpipes _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
