| A few photos from our 2013 seminar in Fitzwilliam, NH at the Meadowood Area Fire Department's Fire Training Center. We were so honored to teach at this facility for it had a whole bunch of history for fire service folks throughout New England. We were sorting some photos and found the ones we took of a water transfer set-up we built using an open-butt end of 1-3/4" hose, a 25-ft length of rope, and a 10-ft section of suction hose - no nozzle needed. The homemade jet siphon worked pretty well; we used to demo this skill as part of the seminar but in reality, there are a number of things that can go "wrong" so we removed it from the skills packet. From a water motive efficiency perspective it probably ranks low on efficiency; but absent no water transfer device, the set-up was better than 0 gpm transferred. We no longer endorse the skill for safety reasons, we just wanted to show some pictures of the end product because we had someone ask. |