Scenario: On YOUR arrival, a large volume of fire is showing on the second floor of a brownstone building. The engine company needs water—and fast. The stretch is short because of the distance between the engine and the available hydrant (photo 1). This may indicate the need for the engine officer to call the engine company chauffeur for tank water, which would allow for a quick knockdown of the visible fire. It may take longer to hook up to a hydrant than to stretch a line and have it ready to flow water. Most officers would call for the chauffeur to “drop the tank.”