Doylestown Fire Company

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Doylestown Fire Company
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Engine Company Basics Water Supply Hose lines
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Engine Company Positions

• Driver
• Officer
• Irons
• Nozzle man
• Back-up / Control
• Hydrant / Doorman

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Tools

• Spanner wrench
• Hydrant wrench
• Hose roller
• Rubber mallet
• Bolt Cutters

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Hydrant Types

• NST Hydrant
• National Standard Thread
• Bastard Hydrant

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HydrantsColor / Flow

• Blue
• 1500 gpm
• Green
• 1000 gpm 1500 gpm
• Orange
• 500 gpm 1000 gpm
• Red
• 250 gpm 500 gpm
• Black
• Static 250 gpm

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HydrantsColor / Flow

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Hydrant Position

• Responsibilities
• Grab the Hydrant
• Signal Driver to Go
• Flush the Hydrant
• Connect to the Hydrant
• Wait for Horn / Radio Signal to Open Hydrant
• Open Hydrant Slowly and Completely
• Leave wrench on Hydrant
• Go to Scene and Assist with Hose lines

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Hydrant Position

• Equipment
• Portable Radio
• Humat
• Hydrant Wrench
• Bastard Adapter
• Supply Line
• After Connection
• SCBA
• Hand light
• Tool
• Assume Doorman Position

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Humat Operation

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Humat Operation

• Connection
• Large T handle toward hydrant
• Use knee in the 5 connection to hold in place
  while connecting
• Operation
• Make sure gate is closed if not boosting hydrant
• Push button in to release the gate lever
• Direction of Flow
• Always make sure painted side of humat
  points toward fire

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Hose Lines

• 5 Hose
• Supply Line
• 3 Hose
• Supply Line
• Appliances
• Hand Line
• 2 Hose
• Hand Line
• ¾ Hose
• Booster Line
• Forestry Line

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Hose Connection Type

• Threaded
• Stortz

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Orientation on Hose line

• Male end of hose is longer side of coupling
• Follow the longer side to the outside

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Which Line to Pull ?

• Operation
• Interior, Exterior, Standpipe, High-rise pack,
• Size
• ¾, 1, 2, 3, 5
• Length
• 100, 200, 300, Dead Lay
• Foam
• Which lines on which trucks get foam?

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Nozzle Types

• Straight Bore
• TFT Adjustable Nozzle
• Basement Nozzle
• Chimney Nozzle
• Foam Tip

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Nozzle Types

• Basement Nozzle
• Chimney Nozzle
• Foam Tip

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Operating Pressures

• TFT
• 100 psi at the tip

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Operating Pressures

• Straight Bore
• 50 psi at the tip

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Operating Pressures

• Ground Monitor
• 100 psi at the tip with TFT
• 80 psi at the tip with Straight Bore

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Operating Pressures

• Push Back Pressure is Approximately
• ½ the Operating Pressure at the Tip
• (100 psi 50 lbs force)

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Foam

• Class A
• Combustibles
• AFFF
• Car Fires

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Appliances

• Ground Monitor / Stinger
• Street Hydrant / Manifold
• Gated Y

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Appliances

• Water Thief
• Deck Guns (Truck Mounted)
• Ladder Pipe

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Standpipe Operations

• Location
• Connection Size

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Fire Department Connections (FDC)
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Sprinkler System Connection

• Location
• Connection Size
• 3
• 5

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Cleaning / Care

• Washing
• Hose washer
• Simple Green / Soft Scrub
• Scrub Brush
• Drying
• Floor Dry
• Hose Dryer
• Storage
• Hose Racks (79s Basement)

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Evacuation Tone

• What will you hear ?
• Solid tone on pager
• Air-horns are going to blow continuously
• What to do?
• Safely evacuate building immediately
• Leave hose line
• Go to the truck you came on

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