U. S. English - North American; Narration; First Firetruck at scene.
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Typically the first engine into a fire scene has a lot of responsibility resting on the captain's shoulders as you pull up to the scene, you are of course observing the entire area for dangers to equipment and personnel in particular personnel. It pays very good dividends to talk to anyone who is a witness in the area before taking one step further from that truck while instructing your men and women personnel to go ahead and grab whatever equipment they would normally grab. Now, normally firefighters show up at the scene and they are well prepared in terms of what each person's role will be and what equipment is needed for the typical house fire. However, it's not just house fires that fire trucks respond to. In addition to that, the captain has to immediately look around for a water source. And if they cannot themselves connect to a hydrant, the captain needs to be very aware of the type of fire that he or she is fighting and they have to consider the water capabilities of the trucks. Individual fire trucks can hold anywhere from 700 gallons on up to 1500 gallons depending on the truck. And in some cases, if there is not a hydrant nearby, you may need to call for a tanker truck, which is basically a large fuel tractor trailer that has been converted for carrying 8000 gallons of water. Now, a typical fire truck can easily pump 1,000 to 2,000 gallons per minute depending on how many hoses and that type of equipment. He is putting that water through and also the second incoming truck has to be directed depending on which way they're coming from to drop a line at the hydrant and they'll drop a man and a large five inch hose, wrap it around the hydrant, signal the truck to move forward. And the second truck in will go ahead and bring that fire hose in, stop the truck and then feed the other attacking truck called the attacking apparatus with water so that they don't run out of water at the scene.