Pump 14 Flashcards
The voice between relay pumping operations and water shuttle operations is typically base on ($$$$$$) and ($$$$$$) with which a jurisdiction and it mutual aid agencies have to work.
Training
Type of equipment
The three major components of a water shuttle operation;
The fill site
The shuttle route
The dumping site
One pumper positions at the water supply source and is used to fill empty water tenders. The pumper that is located here is generally referred to as the ($$$$$)
Fill site pumper
The second pumper is located at or near the fire scene and is used to draft water from the portable water tank. This LOCATION is commonly referred to as the ($$$$$$). The pumper that is located here is typically called the ($$$$$)
Dump site
Dump site pumper
Fill site pumpers should have a rated capacity of ($$$$$$)
1000 gpm
Tenders that have water tanks with less than ($$$$$) and rapid unloading capabilities are the most efficient for used in water shuttle operations.
2500 gallons
Because vacuum tenders are self filling from a static water source at a rate of ($$$$$$) with lift capacity of up to ($$$$), there is no need for a pumper or driver operator to be at the fill site. With discharge rates up to ($$$$$$) these units meet NFPA
2000 gpm
22 feet
1750 gpm
Water tenders equipped with a fire pump must have a tank to pump line that is capable of supplying the pump with ($$$$$) until at least 80% of the water in the tank is emptied.
500 gpm
Water tenders must be equipped with an external fill connection that is plumbed directly to the tank. This external fill connect toon should allow the tank to be filled at a minimum ($$$$$)
1000 gpm
Water tenders should have at least on large tank discharge that is capable of emptying ($$$$)of the tank volume at 1000 gpm
90%
Because most water tender tanks are less than 6 feet tall, the back pressure created is less than ($$$)
3 psi
Gravity dumps usually employ ($$$$) or larger round or square piping with a valve that extends to the exterior of the apparatus.
8 inch
The success or failure of a water shuttle operation depends on these decisions
Location of the dump site
Location of the fill site.
Route of travel
When possible select a fill site that is capable of supplying at least ($$$$$)
1000 gpm
