Water Shuttle Effectiveness Shown in 7-Department Drill
Seven Hampshire County, Mass., fire departments participated in a drill to demonstrate the effectiveness of our water shuttle program in meeting the ISO standard for rural water supply. A flow of 610 gpm was maintained for 1 hour and 45 minutes, and we could have gone longer.
Hampshire County is a rural and suburban area located in the Pioneer Valley in western Massachusetts. One of the major problems we faced was to improve the delivery of water to fires in areas not served by water systems. The tanker shuttle system demonstrated in this drill was developed through the innovations of the county fire fighters to meet this need.
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