使用和管理信息系统use of Elevated Streams
THE LADDER PIPE has played a necessary role in fire suppression from the earliest days of motorized apparatus down to our present method of operations. The importance of this equipment, which normally fits into the heavy stream category is without question.
The general acceptance and use of smoke masks, plus the benefit of topside ventilation has, in large measure, relegated the elevated stream to a minor role in routine fire suppression practices. This is substantiated by the removal of water towers from active service in most of our large cities. Modern fire fighting concepts have left few alternatives. It is not the purpose of this article to play down the effectiveness of elevated streams—ladder pipe or platform—where conditions leave no choice. A specific case in point would be that of serious involvement above a second story. This should be a policy procedure with flexibility reserved only lor unusual, unforeseen conditions. Heavy-stream appliances are warranted only in situations where a large volume of fire is indicated; heavy smoke cannot always be construed as indicative of a serious fire condition.
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