Drafting

This video is about Drafting

[murphyglenn]

Impressively succinct and informal. Also don't think I've ever seen discharge levers move so butter smooth.

[FireSneaks]

Great video and a good refresher! On the recirculation line, I usually throw a nozzle on the end, open, and drop it in the tank. Adds a little extra weight to the end of the line to keep it in the tank.

[trevorwilliams]

Great simple explanation. Really like your engine layout as well. Beats standing in the road and you can see what's going on regardless of which way the truck's parked.

[UAL]

Absolutely love this tutorial. I'm currently working on joining as a volunteer fireman and videos like this are definitely a huge help.

[ltdm]

I don't trust the diamond pattern unless you are in a parking lot.. Most rural FD set these up on the road. If its set as a diamond, you make you "tender" have to line up to a diamond point. If its done correctly, the tender driver has the whole length of the tank to dump the load.

[ritirons]

We use foot valve strainers. Open the tank to pump, it “back fills” the suction hose(s) with tank water so there is no air to expel upon drafting. You can pull draft immediately because the entire pump and suction hose(s) are already full of water.
Also, a blow up beach ball works well at stopping the venturi “tornado”. The ball takes up no room, only needs a few breaths to inflate it enough, and good it in the tank.
We’ve also just dropped in used scba cylinder in. They’ll just float around also and break up that tornado.

[shaviezz]

Awesome explanation!!! Learned a bunch.

i have never seen the 2.5 re circ line, but makes sense now, thanks for the video

[kylegetler]

Thanks. Great information and explanation!

[Npcjones]

Great video. Help with my qualifications.

[HarleySG]

Very informative video with the exception of the 4" suction miscue (you're forgiven). I've never seen a recirc line used on the fire ground. I've also never seen a pump in good condition lose prime if water flow is halted.

[ace]

You said tank fill at the end. You meant to say tank to pump to prime the pump

[bdell]

Love the video and thank you for the training time. Last time I drafted was in the academy. We barely do draft, but i feel its important to know. One silly question though, our rig that I mainly work on doesn't have an RPM mode it's either pressure or volume. Most of the time, we pump in volume. It's a waterous pump on an 01 Seagrave. Would appreciate some tips or tricks brothers

[TheLeqendl]

you can hold the air primer indefinitely. mechanical primer has a 45 second limit.

[domecrack]

Shoutout to anybody at a working fire watching this cuz they've never operated a pump but they're the only one who showed up besides the attack team. Skip to 9:25

[lomardo]

I know I'm a year late, but when first explaining how to draft without the primer you said over and over to pull the tank to pump. Then after you got the draft you said if the prime doesn't work pull the take fill. Which is right?

[whitneyjdodson]

How would you handle having no water in your tank and your primer inop, as you discussed with the second method of drafting?

[shaviezz]

After setting the governor to RPM mode, what is the recommended option?
1) Is it better to increase the pump RPM to range(800-1250) before priming? I guess, this will be bad for pump? (or)
2) Is it better to prime and then increase the pump RPM to desired requirement?

[frankcastle]

Why do you stay in RPM mode for drafting? Drafting doesn't happen much here so we're usually in pressure mode.

[winnerchicken]

Can’t you un crack the discharge if you are useing the deck gun