Water Thievery: The Art of Water Supply Operations
Andy Soccodato
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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:
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Alternative Drafting Techniques & Rural Water Supply Operations
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Four-Way Hydrant Valve Operations
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Water Supply for Aerial Apparatus
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Large Flow Operations and Tactics
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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
Appendix B: Source Volumes
Notes
Index
- Format:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 402
- Published Date:
- March 2024
- ISBN:
- 9781593705947
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Reviews
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Pump Operations
This should be the text book for every pump chauffer's test. Tackles some brainy topics in a very relatable and easy to understand style.
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Ground breaking. Must have.
This book is incredibly beneficial for anyone who wants to be a master water supply professional. Andy’s knowledge, delivery and real world application is second to none. AND - you can pair this read with the video series that he created with TFT to become the best version of yourself on the fireground. Stop reading this review and start reading the book as soon as possible.
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Highly recommend
The presentation of the subject matter, as well as the data to back up the content, are excellent. I'd recommend this for both new and experienced pump operators, as well as officers. It clears up many potential misconceptions, and offers great explanations on the how and why things should be done, to get the fire service all on the same page in regards to water supply. It was hard to put the book down.
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Excellent
Great book. Gets you thinking about a lot
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Absolute must-read
This is a must-read book for any pump operator. I recently took Andy's Water Thieves class (which is phenomenal by itself) and this book really drives the topics from that class home. It has been one of the best books I have read in my fire career and I cannot recommend it enough.