nozzel project

GOAL:

1. Replace / update old equipment

2. Standardize the brand and type nozzles used in the department

3. Replace / update old equipment

4. Eliminate the use of automatic nozzles

5. Develop a department Fire Flow standard

6. Improve CAFs effectiveness

7. Decrease nozzle reactions

- - - - SCFD7 Nozzle Presentation

References:

Fire Fighting Flow Rates and Baseline Flows for Interior Attack Hoselines

Firefighting Nozzle Reaction

Keys to Success with the Big Line - Proper Weapons Selection

Low-pressure, Fixed-gallonage Nozzles - From The Standpipe

NFA Fire Flow

Niedner Friction Loss Charts

Operation and Maintenance -Select-O-Matic nozzle

Smooth-bore Nozzles 101

The Attack Hose Line - Three Things You Need to Make It Go

The Safe and Effective Use of Fog Nozzles

References From Fire Engineering:

Fire Engineering April 1999 - NOZZLES AND HANDLINES FOR INTERIOR OPERATIONS

Fire Engineering April 2000 - IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF YOUR SOLID STREAMS

Fire Engineering April 2003 - PLANNING A HOSE AND NOZZLE SYSTEM FOR EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS

Fire Engineering April 2006 - MEASURING AND DEMONSTRATING NOZZLE REACTION

Fire Engineering February 2000 - LITTLE DROPS OF WATER 50 YEARS LATER - PART I

Fire Engineering February 2002 - FIRE STREAMS AND THE AGGRESSIVE INTERIOR ATTACK

Fire Engineering February 2005 - INTERIOR INDIRECT AND COMBINATION ATTACKS - A MISUNDERSTANDING

Fire Engineering February 2006 - BUILDING A CASE FOR IMPLEMENTING SMOOTH BORE NOZZLES

Fire Engineering June 2006 - NOZZLE SETTINGS

Fire Engineering October 2000 - NEW WAVE 3-D WATER FOG TACTICS A RESPONSE TO DIRECT ATTACK ADVOCATES

Fire Engineering October 2006 - TESTING YOUR TARGET FLOW

Fire Engineering September 1995 - IOWA RATE OF FLOW FORMULA FOR FIRE CONTROL

Fire Engineering March 2000 - Little Drops of Water: 50 Years Later Part 2

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