PUMPING AT HIGH RISE FIRES
“Slow Is Smooth, Smooth Is Fast”
If there was ever a time this quote needs to be lived out, it's at a high-rise fire. Coordination and cool heads ("roll steady") are essential!
Supplying The Building
In Dallas, we utilize the following Engine setup when pumping to a high rise:
Managing The Pressure
In every High Rise Bag is an in-line pressure gauge. One member from the Fire Attack Team MUST be left in the stairwell at the standpipe to monitor/manage this gauge.
This member is responsible for communicating with the Water Resource Group (the Drivers from the arriving Engines) to ensure we have 90 psi on this gauge. They have two options to achieve this:
Request more pressure from the Water Resource Group.
Gate the line down via the flywheel on the standpipe.
In this video, Rick lays out the fundamentals of pumping to a High Rise:
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PUMP SCHOOL W/ RICK BREWER
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