http://www.statter911.com/2015/01/12/raw-video-radio-traffic-pgfd-house-fire-water-supply-issues/
dashcam from front of house in Chiefs car about 10 minute video of a nightime house fire with multi water supply problems some radio traffic is heard My thought is - things could probably go much smoother if there was not the continuous danger of doubling on the radio, and missing radio messages - critical messages on this fire would have been ->>>> E827 has lost their pump - Eng 8XX has a dead hydrant - Eng 8XX pump at 200 psi thru E827 - fire showing on Side B - positive water supply reestablished - etc My 2nd thought is - even if the first due Engine loses its pump - and even if the 2nd due pump is on a dead hydrant - the 2nd due pump could send its tank water thru the first due pump (or run its own attack lines) - the 3rd due pump could also supply tank water or look for a good hydrant - (which is probably what happened here) IIRC Boston used to require all 3 pumps on the first alarm to take their own hydrant - not sure if they still do that or not - if hydrants are 400 feet apart - I guess the worst case scenario would have the 3rd due pump on a hydrant 1200 feet from the fire - but the more likely scenario is that all 3 pumps can find hydrants within 500 feet of the fire - and of course this can all be preplanned for every square centimeter of the city -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
