Fire Engineering Author Paul Shapiro Passes Away
Fire Engineeringand Fire Engineering Books were sad to learn of the passing of longtime magazine and book author Paul Shapiro.
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Big City Large Flow Water Delivery Management
Be available to assist all personnel involved with the water delivery operations if the need it. Paul Shapiro on delivering the water.
Developing Accurate Pump Discharge Pressures
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.
High-Pressure Pump Operations: Let’s Pump It Up
Paul Shapiro discusses considerations for undertaking high-pressure firefighting pump operations.
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Water Management Officer: Taking Charge of the Water
Paul Shapiro provides a list of considerations firefighters need to keep in mind when a large water flow is required at fire scenes.
Pump Operations for High-Rise Building Fire Protection Systems
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.
Anchor and Hold Water Delivery Evolutions for Wildland-Urban Interface Firefighting Operations
Paul Shapiro examines in detail the water-delivery capabilities of anchor and hold (A&H) structural protection operations in the wildland-urban Interface.
Smooth Bore vs. Combination…and the Beat Goes On
One of the most “passionate” topics in the fire service is which nozzle works best, a smooth bore tip or a combination nozzle (combination).
Engine Company Operations: Analyzing the High-Rise Handline
Paul Shapiro shares the results of several hoseline flow tests for high-rise firefighting applications.
Engine Company Operations: Words of Wisdom on Moving the Big Water
Paul Shapiro shares some of his basic philosophy regarding engine company operations and delivering large amounts of water.
Water Management Officer: Taking Charge of the Water
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.
Fixed Master Stream Operations Using Smooth Bore TIps
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.