Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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@BurtG Love you man, but one point seems problematic... fire hydrants don't have large enough pipe diameter to deal with more than 10 fires at a time... I *think* that's why the trucks have tanks to compensate for water pressure issues...

That one point seems off. The rest is scary... Damn, I want a 750k job to "manage" the DWP
I did a stint as a fireman. The Engines carried water for 5 possibilities...
1) Quick response until the hoses could be laid at a structure fire, we did this every single time we responded to structure fires.
2) Grass fires where the engine is very likely to be moving as we hosed the fire with smaller hoses. In these cases, there was also a tanker truck, about the size of truck that delivers fuel to your house for your furnace, that would be deployed to keep water supplied to the Engine.
3) Knock down fire where we needed access to a hydrant.
4) Supply what we called misters that helped to repel heat near the Engine, other vehicles and personnel.
5) Used to mix AFFF, metered as it was pumped.

Once connected to a hydrant (or 3-4) the on-board tank could and would be resupplied on the fly. That tank was never without some water.