Set-Up Procedures for TurboDraft™ Fire Eductors
5” TurboDraft™ Unit
# 100-1 Basic – 5″ Unit
Accessing hard to reach static water source using one TurboDraft unit.
Engine/pumper (1000 gpm capacity with minimum 300-gallon onboard water tank) stationed within 50-200 feet of water source. Drafting using standard LDH hose connected to standard size TurboDraft unit.
# 100-2 Basic – 5″ Unit
Accessing hard-to-reach static water source that can’t be reached using the standard hard sleeve suction hose compliment carried on the pumper.
Engine/pumper (1000 gpm or larger with minimum 300-gallon onboard water tank). This set-up provides double the flow rate of one TurboDraft Fire Eductor.
Bridge Crossing – 5″ Unit Set-Up
# 100-3 Basic – 5″ Unit
Accessing water source from bridge or overpass while maintaining bridge traffic flow.
Pumper positioned on roadway shoulder or approach to bridge. Engine/pumper (1000 gpm capacity with minimum 300-gallon onboard water tank) stationed within 50-200 feet of water source. Drafting using standard LDH hose connected to standard size TurboDraft unit.
Static Reserve – 5″ Unit Set-Up
200-1 Advanced – 5″ Unit
Open relay pumping from frame tank.
Frame tank with 10» section hard suction hose attached to low-level drafting strainer for easy hookup to engines/pumper for tanker/tender filling or for open relay pumping.
2 1/2″ TurboDraft Unit
# 300-1 Basic – 2 1/2″ Unit
Accessing inaccessible water sources with field or brush truck in wildland fire situations.
With a pump rated at 175 psi flowing 60 gpm, and standard fire hose (2 1/2″ or 3″ attack hose and 1 1/2″ – 2″ attack hose) inaccessible water sources can be reached by a wildland fire unit.
Dewatering – 2 1/2″ Unit Set-Up
300-2 Basic – 2 1/2″ Unit
Dewatering flooded vessel in boat marina using land-based pumper or emergency watercraft with a pump rated at 175 psi flowing 60 gpm (minimum).
With a pumper or watercraft deployed by the marine units rated at 175 psi flowing 60 gpm, and standard fire hose (2 1/2″ or 3″ attack hose and 1 1/2″ – 2″ attack hose) emergency dewatering of a flooded vessel compartment can be achieved.
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