4/10/26 Queens 5th Alarm Box 4553

Skyler Fire said:
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Super Pumper 1 & SAT 4 operated today… this will now be considered the first fire the super pumper operated at. I will have a video of it in the coming days. SP was supplied by 2 Engines off 2 different mains got around 4,800gpm off the main deck gun. Max on the main deck gun is 8k and then plus 2 rear monitors they do 2k each so total max would be 12k… still would need another 2 more engines off other mains or the Pumps and Marine unit to get full pressure but still was going 200 feet across the fire building.
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Appreciate the quality of your work. Never saw the original at work so looking forward to your presentation on this.
 
seniorofficer said:
For that matter, since the unit falls with the $1 million dollar range, wouldn't it have been more prudent to purchase two Seagrave high a capacity pumpers and outfit them as foam units, one at LGA and one at JFK? The could have stores them behind E.316 and E.314. That's a long run to JFK right now and precious time wasted from their present location. JMO

Also, one block east of the fire bldg. is a lagoon that used to be the runway of the old Speed's Airport. The SP could have done them a favor and sucked it dry.
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That is intended as a natural wetland. The water isn't real deep, and would be dried in no time. I had walked through there in the early 1990s before it was set aside and the water then was up to my knees, and there were still hangars standing then.
 
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