Establishing Tender Water Supply

Work in Progress

The District has a single tender, 11-16, which is capable of deploying a drop tank and 3000 gallons of water.

Positioning

The tank needs to be near enough to the pumper that one or two lengths of hard suction can reach. In the simplest configuration this pumper is also the attack engine. Due to space constraints this may not always be the case and this pumper maybe relay pumping water from the drop tank to the attack engine.

Key placement considerations:

• Try to place the droptank on level ground. Any tilt of the tank reduces its capacity.
• Try not to place the drop tank on sharp objects. They may create holes and leaks in the tank.
• Consider access from water supply tenders and engines. Can they get to the tank, drop their water, and get back out again?

Setting up the Tank

Lay down a tarp prior to placing the drop tank. This will help protect the liner from punctures caused by stones, glass, etc.

Filling the Tender

Fill tender at no more than 105PSI to prevent damage to internal baffles.

Pumping from an Engine

Limit to 80PSI from pump to drop tank

Water Tender Credit

In order to get a water tender credit from WSRB we must be able to show competence. The basics:

1) From the time the engine applies the parking brake we have 5 minutes to deploy the drop tank and show water.

2) During the operation we must flow 250gpm for 30 minutes uninterrupted supplied only by our own apparatus using the drop tank.