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Awhile yet!
10/18/22 Queens 4th Alarm Box 7272
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That BlitzFire did not look like it was very effective. It looks like they had the stack tips right there on the floor next to them ….just wondering why they decided to go with the fog nozzle and not the 1,1/2” stack tip like normal…or even a bigger tip! Didn’t look like they where getting very deep penetration into the building .
The Blitzfire comes supplied with its own Max Force Dual Pressure fog tip. This is the only tip that may be used for exterior water stream. Those other stack tips are for foam.
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Agree to that. that sweeping stream didn't do any good, that's good for a washdown... a straight consistent stream would be much more effective, use the multiversal.
The BlitzFire's max out around 500 gpm. It's good for a quick knockdown if you have a lot of fire showing in a small area but not so great for a surround and drown operation. I see a lot of jobs putting them on the end of larger diameter (2.5"/3") preconnects. It allows the chauffer to pull it and knock some fire down with the tank water while the rest of the crew gets another line going and hits the hydrant. Also, that oscillating feature is useless. Buy the standard one instead.
My Dept has them preconnected to 200' of 3" on every engine. ( the supply line for it doubles as a courtyard line if needed) Ours are Elkhart RAN though. Same thing different name. They both come static or static and auto sweep. You flip a lever to make it sweep. There really good at delivering a lot of water to areas, like large propane cylinders or areas that would be considered too dangerous to stay( like sagging roofs leaning walls or catwalks overhead that are suspect in stability) in but you still need water. Or limited manpower situations. Putting larger lines on them past 2.5 the only thing it does it reduce friction loss. they have a set capacity and once you hit that cap, it doesn't matter what size hose you have connected to it. The sweep would be good for brush fires where you can drop it, let it sweep and knock down, and move it.