Ten years ago in Sussex County, New Jersey there was a catastrophic failure of an LDH manifold during a training exercise. The failure resulted in serious injury to one firefighter and serves as a good reminder to inspect, maintain, and test all of your LDH appliances in compliance with the NFPA 1962 standard. As proponent of "big water" operations involving LDH, we cannot stress enough the importance of purchasing and using good quality LDH products and investing the time to take care of these products. Attached to this week's News Story is a copy of the investigative report from the 2009 incident in New Jersey. Also attached is Section 9 of Task Force Tips Manual: LDH Valved Appliances.