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>The fire department was able to put out the fire with a single truck. Goodness I hope so... A modern fire engine can pump a couple thousand gallons of water a

• FireBeyond 13y ago
  A modern fire engine pumps around 1250-2000gpm. However it also only has around 750-1000 gallons of water onboard. So you'd better hope that there's a hydrant nearby. Also, hand lines are only 150-250gpm. A deck gun is pretty useless for a car fire (a - can't be aimed at below 0deg, and b - you'd have approximately 30 seconds of usable time to get any deluge on the car and extinguish it, which is not particularly realistic if it's at all involved).
  • JshWright 13y ago
    You just need to get creative. Assuming you had a hydrant, you could just hook up a couple portable monitors, or maybe the engine has a tele-squirt. (I kid, obviously...) Obviously there are limiting factors beyond the flow rate of the pump. My point was simply that a car fire that exceeds the firefighting capabilities of a single engine would be a very impressive car fire indeed.
    • FireBeyond 13y ago
      True. The last car fire I put out with two dry chem extinguishers from our rig (which is good, because our rig was an ambulance…) But yeah, maybe a ground monitor would work. :)