Water Thievery: The Art of Water Supply Operations

By: Andy Soccodato

Water supply is one of the most critical tasks to address on the fireground. Effective water supply operations provide the needed volume of water for the current operation and support the flow requirements for escalating incidents.

Andy Soccodato's Water Thievery: The Art of Water Supply Operations is a culmination of institutional knowledge, real-world experience, and lessons learned. This book urges the supply pumper operator to think proactively so they always know what to do when more is needed and can become a resource for others seeking solutions.  

Get a thorough understanding of advanced water supply tactics, including: 

• Alternative Drafting Techniques & Rural Water Supply Operations 

• Four-Way Hydrant Valve Operations  

• Water Supply for Aerial Apparatus 

• Large Flow Operations and Tactics
  

Table of Contents

Foreword by Taylor Goodman

Preface

Introduction

1. Components of Modern Pumping Apparatus

• Centrifugal Fire Pumps

• The Intake Side of the Pump

• The Discharge Side of the Pump

• Automatic Pressure Control Devices

• Study Questions
  

2. Hydraulics for the Supply Pumper

• The Master Equation

• Fireground Friction Loss Methods for Supply Operations

• Determining Discharge Appliance Loss and Maximum Flow Rates

• Study Questions
  

3. Principles of Supply Operations

• Positioning the Supply Pumper

• The Fast Water Process for Initial Operations

• Relay Pumping Operations

• Tandem Pumping Operations

• Dual Pumping/Intake-to-Intake Operations

• Study Questions
  

4. Drafting Operations

• Drafting Physics

• Conventional Drafting

• Alternative Drafting Methods

• Multiple Intake Drafting

• Study Questions
  

5. Dump Site Operations

• Delivering Water to the Rural Fire Scene

• Dump Site Considerations

• Study Questions
  

6. Fill Site Operations

• Overcoming Access Issues

• Determining the Adequacy of the Source

• Shallow Water Sources

• Fire Hydrants as Fill Sites

• Fill Site Layouts

• Determining the Needed Number of Tenders

• Large-Scale Fill Site Operations

• Study Questions
  

7. Hydrant Operations

• Rated Flow Capacities of Fire Hydrants

• Heavy Hydrant Hookups

• Four-Way Hydrant Valve Operations

• Other Advanced Hydrant Operations

• Study Questions
  

8. Water Supply for Aerial Apparatus

• Types of Aerial Apparatus

• Options for Supplying Aerial Apparatus

• Flowing Water from the Aerial Device

• Study Questions
  

9. Large Flow Operations and Tactics

• Parallel Supply Line Operations

• High-Volume Series Pumping Operations

• Aboveground Looped Systems

• Supplementing Municipal Water Supplies

• Study Questions

Appendix A: Answers to Study Questions

Format: Paperback, Number of Pages: 402, Published Date: March 2024, ISBN: 9781593705947