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Former (volunteer) firefighter here: Park the truck next to the cistern. Connect a length of hose to the pump supply, drop the hose into the cistern. The pump
by i_am_proteus 8y ago
Former (volunteer) firefighter here:
Park the truck next to the cistern. Connect a length of hose to the pump supply, drop the hose into the cistern. The pump will move water until it loses suction pressure.
- JshWright 8y agoNot just any hose though, you need rigid walled hose. Regular fire hose would just collapse flat under suction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_suction_hose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_suction_hose
- stcredzero 8y agoIs the hose to be dropped into the cistern different from the other hoses? I would expect it to be reinforced, such that it wouldn't collapse from air pressure. Hoses downstream from a high pressure pump wouldn't need such reinforcement. However, it's different upstream from such pumps.