Unless specified by the purchaser, most pumpers come from the manufacturer equipped with 20-feet of hard suction hose. Those FDs that specialize in water supply operations and that recognize how to really deliver "big water" when drafting carry more than the standard 20 feet of suction hose. The Killingworth VFD (Connecticut) is one of those departments. Their Engine 851 carries quite a bit of 6-inch suction hose in addition to 5-inch LDH. The pumper is set up really nice for accessing and supplying "big water." We had the pleasure of seeing this rig at our April 2013 seminar in Connecticut where crews hit 2,400 gpm using a tanker shuttle operation. The summary of that drill is located on the Previous Events page on our website.