Paul Shapiro explains the processes for determining accurate pump discharge pressures using a flowmeter, an inline pressure gauge, and a handheld pitot gauge and offers tips for expediting calculations on the fireground and developing reference charts.
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Should a combination sprinkler and standpipe system (with a building fire pump) in a high-rise building be overtaxed by fire or fail for whatever reason, fire departments must be able to take over the pumping of the system with fire department pumpers to adequately supply sprinklers and/or handlines.
Paul Shapiro examines in detail the water-delivery capabilities of anchor and hold (A&H) structural protection operations in the wildland-urban Interface.
Battling a working fire requires many coordinated tasks to be successful. One of the most important parts of the overall strategy that has the potential for making or breaking an operation is being able to obtain adequate water delivery.
Paul Shapiro discusses how smooth bore tips can be taken to a much higher level and produce high-pressure streams never thought possible while remaining safe and efficient in all modes of operation on the fireground.