Ford C Series Chassis Fire Apparatus

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Absolutely!  I remember as a young firefighter using a high pressure booster line on a brush fire and not being able to operate the Bean gun because I didn't have enough strength in my hand to overcome the pressure on the line until the PO opened the relief valve.

 

It's really interesting how things seem to go full circle in the fire service...sprinklers have been in use for many years for fixed building fire protection and now we have high and low pressure mist systems that are being used in place of sprinklers where inadequate water supply or concern for water damage exists.  Same Lloyd Layman principle, now just engineered and designed to ensure that the mist system can handle the BTU production of the specific hazard. 

I'd never advocate for us to go interior with high pressure, but one of our engines has a high pressure pump (Rosenbauer) on it.  While there's many things I don't like about it, the high pressure for overhaul with some foam is pretty fantastic, and for field fires it also works very well.  It is amazing how far 500 gallons will go on a high pressure booster line on a corn field fire.  Not sure I'd buy another Rosenbauer pump, but there's some neat things high pressure can do.  i agree, everything seems to be cyclical.