You do know the “extra” water from the hudrant doesnt go straight to the nozzle, right? It goes to the tank, to the nozzle. Tanks on Engines are usually at least 500 gallons.
Besides the fact that fire hydrants are in fact used straight to the nozzle as well as to the truck, are you saying the truck didn't need any additional water pumped into it asap?
In general, most fire hydrants are low pressure. 60-100 PSI. That is not enough working pressure to fight a fire.
You will use the fire engine's pump to get enough water pressure. And the truck has more than enough water to start the initial "fire fighting" as it were.
And you know for a fact that this was at the beginning of the fire and not when they needed more water in the truck later on or that the fire truck was 100% full of water?
No. How can I know this? But I can infer from experience that yes, they are full of water. That is the first thing you check when a truck gets back from a fighting a fire. Its a part of daily checks, and it is one of the responsibility's of the person using the pump to see to that the team has the water and pressure they need.
If you can't be sure that the truck was completely full and that this is when the fire started, why did you respond so condescendingly to my original comment? You assumed they wouldn't need to refill because the truck had enough water and therefore using the hydrant couldn't help save a life.
I did not respond condescendingly to your comment. I just told you what I actually know to be true. If you read it as such, then I apologize. My point was that the trucks have enough water to start firefighting, but they need additional water added as the situation progresses.
I never assumed that they wouldn't need refills. They definitely do. But they have enough water to start the initial firefighting, securing their personnel, etc with them.
They are in their rights to get that water they way the on-scene commander sees fit, even going so far as to break windows on a car that is parked where it shouldn't.
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