fire pump theory tcfp section 180 180-2.00 --- 180-3.01 part 3 operations
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Fire Pump Theory
TCFP Section 180
180-2.00 --- 180-3.01
Part 3
Operations
Pump Panel gauges
Power transfer from engine to pump
1. Auxiliary engine driven
2. Power-take-off (PTO)
3. Cross-mounted engine
4. Front mounted
5. Mid-ship transfer drive
Auxiliary engine driven pump
• Uses a separate engine to drive the fire pump
• Used for specialty applications
1. Airport crash trucks
2. Portable brush pumps
They can be mounted anywhere on the apparatus it will fit.
Relay pumping operations
• The process of using two or more pumpers to move water through hoselines over long distance by operating the pumpers in series
Tandem pumping operations
• A short relay operation in which the pumper taking water from the supply source pumps into the intake of the second pumper.
• The second pumper booster the pressure of the water even higher.
• This method is used when pressures higher than the capacity of a single pump are required.
Dual pumping operations
• An operation where a strong hydrant is used to supply two pumpers by connecting the pumper intake-to-intake.
• The second pumper receives the excess water not being pumped by the first pumper, which is directly connected to the water supply source.
Water Relay
Water Shuttle