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Fire Fighting - Water Supply
Numbers and Defs
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Undergraduate 1
03/15/2014

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Portable Pumps can deliver as much as
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500 GPM
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Fire Department engines carry how much water?
Definition
500 gallons
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Fire department tankers usually carry how much?
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1000 to 3500 Gals. Or up to 5000
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Portable Tanks hold how much water?
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600 - 5000 gals
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Dump valves off charge how much water?
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3000 gpm
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Recommended min pressure for water coming from a hydrant is what?
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20 psi
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Red Hydrants flow
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Less than 500 gpm
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Orange hydrants flow
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500 - 999 gpm
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Green hydrants flow
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1000 - 1499 gpm
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Light blue hydrants flow
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1500 gpm or higher
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conversion from gallons to liters?
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1 gal = 1.785 liters
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