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MORE ON TOWER LADDERS, PART 2
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Like most issues in the fire service, the issue of nozzles is not as simple as it may seem. Congratulations to the panel for identifying the many aspects of this topic.
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I am currently finishing a two-year collaborative study of PPV for smoke movement and control and fire suppression in high-rises at the National Research Council of Canada.
Firefighting
Vertical ventilation is necessary when the situation mandates that method of ventilation, but to “automatically” send firefighters to the roof to open it up seems to me to be a little dangerous
Firefighting
From the responses relating to PPV in the August Roundtable, it is apparent that those who use PPV extensively tout its benefits and those who do minimal
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Hoselines
I am an instructor of strategy and tactics at the local community colleges fire science program. In our small, rural volunteer fire department,
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Preconnected Hoselines
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Response: In the early 1990s, the Seattle Fire Department switched from 112-inch hose and fixed-flow combination nozzles to 134-inch hose and automatic nozzles.
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Response: The Columbia Fire Department is using 134-inch attack lines on all of its first-line engines. We have had good success with 134-inch lines, but we
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Response: Our department has used 134-inch line for approximately 10 years. It is carried as a preconnected load and is used primarily for interior fire
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Response: The St. Louis Fire Department presently uses 134-inch and 212-inch hoses for our primary interior fire attack lines. These lines are carried as
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Response: The department uses both 134- and 212-inch attack lines. The 112-inch hose is not used. The smaller 134-inch lines are capable of flowing 180 gpm with
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Response: FDNY uses 134-inch hose as its primary attack line in most situations. This size hose was introduced in the early 1970s and rapidly became the
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Hoselines
Response: The Phoenix Fire Department equips all of its engine companies with four attack handline options–112-inch, 134-inch, two-inch, and 212-inch. We
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Structural Firefighting
Response: We have had very good success using both 134- and 212-inch hose in the fire attack. A while back, we replaced 112-inch hose with 134-inch. Currently,
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HIGH-ANGLE OPERATION IN TIMES SQUARE
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USING THE ELEVATOR AT STRUCTURE FIRES
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BURNING QUESTIONS, PART 2
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BURNING QUESTIONS, PART 1
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ROOF OPERATIONS, PART 3
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ROOF OPERATIONS, PART 2
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