Independence FD Engine 3 takes up a position to draft from the Wapsipinicon River in downtown Independence, Iowa.
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The crew drafted off of both sides of the pumper so additional suction hose was needed. The driver side suction hose was fed under the pumper in order to minimize the need for another length of hose.
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The 1250 gpm pumper was now ready to deliver maximum pumping capacity.
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About 5,000 feet of LDH was layed out in the park that bordered the river.
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Several in-line pressure gauges were used to measure friction loss in the 6-inch and 5-inch hose.
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A TFT Oasis valve was used as an in-line relay valve so that additional pumpers could be added to the relay pumping operation.
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Manchester Engine 176 was the first in-line relay pumper used.
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The Manchester crew connected to the TFT valve and relayed water.
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Stanley's FD hose wagon (flat bed truck) and its attached Hose Mule were used to pick up the LDH after the drill was over.
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Monona FD's tanker dumps its water at the tanker shuttle drill in Stanley.
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Postville's pumper used one of Fol-Da-Tanks new, single-lane dump tanks at the dump site.
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Stanley FD's homemade tanker does a great job of hauling water.
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On of Kochek's Holley Tubes was used as a water transfer device.
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The Stanley FD tanker was retrofitted with a Firemans Friend fill valve as part of the federal grant award.
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The Stanley FD tanker is outfitted quite nicely to dump and fill.
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The fill site for the drill provided about a 10-mile roundtrip for hauling water.
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Three Turbo Draft devices were used at the fill site to provide water for filling tankers.
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The Turbo Drafts were used to fill a dump tank from which a pumper drafted and then filled tankers.
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Stanley FD's tanker is being filled using the Fireman's Friend valve.
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Several lines were layed out and equipped with 4-inch cam lock fittings for filling tankers.
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Instructor Alan Butsch monitors pump operations at the draft pumper.
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One of Independence FD's "cadet" helps out by collecting pressure readings on the flow measuring device.
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Instructor Mark Davis provides a summary of the relay operation.
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The Hose Mule made picking up hose much easier.
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