[quote name='Bryce' date='25 November 2010 - 10:24 PM' timestamp='1290740641' post='412910']
It's a manifold. SFD's SOP was to drop that in front of a building and then reverse to a hydrant. I'm not sure if that's how they do it anymore or what. I have a series of pics that my dad took at a fire in 1992 that show them doing it -- I'll try to get them scanned and posted soon.
There was nothing like those KWs when they were in service. I went to law school at Seattle University from 1999-2002 and quite a few of them were still around as reserves while I was living in the city. Loudest rigs I've ever heard.
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Thanks, Bryce, I wasn't sure if it was a manifold or some type of HP valve arrangement. They still carry something on the end of the supply line inside the rear compartment.
It's a manifold. SFD's SOP was to drop that in front of a building and then reverse to a hydrant. I'm not sure if that's how they do it anymore or what. I have a series of pics that my dad took at a fire in 1992 that show them doing it -- I'll try to get them scanned and posted soon.
There was nothing like those KWs when they were in service. I went to law school at Seattle University from 1999-2002 and quite a few of them were still around as reserves while I was living in the city. Loudest rigs I've ever heard.
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Thanks, Bryce, I wasn't sure if it was a manifold or some type of HP valve arrangement. They still carry something on the end of the supply line inside the rear compartment.