Rescue Equipment Question

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Noticed something in a video and I am hoping someone here can shed some insight, out of curiosity. The video is from Manhattan Box 0891, technical response for a person trapped in a dumbwaiter shaft. At approximately 2:30 in this video, R1 and SQ18 members stretch what appears to be a 3' line off the rescue rig and into the building. Can anybody explain what this is? Obviously the rescue rig has no water or fire pump on board. Is this for air supply? It looks like they're going in to the building with smaller (1"? yellow) air hoses around the same time.


@Skyler Fire, you may know. Figured I would post it here in case others are interested
 
Could be to run water for concrete breaching tools. Typically, concrete cutting tools (ring saws, chain saws, boring drills etc.) will have garden hose ports to keep the dust down while they're cutting. Looks like the rig has some sort of booster tank and manifold to supply their tools.
 
All the rescue & collapse rigs have either 180or 200 CFM on board air compressor units. They are used to run all the Atlas Copco equipment , basically from smaller handheld concrete drills & breakers to large full size jackhammer , concrete cutting chainsaws , large Rotary concrete saws and even the “air knife ” for trench rescue.

The hose you mentioned is in fact regular 2.5“ fire hose. It’s used to extend the reach of the tools. It’s been tested to 20 lengths of 2.5 “ hose. Then it’s reduced down to 1” quarter turn (yellow) air hose. The reducer as a “Y” on it so you can run two tools at the same time if needed. The 2.5“ hose also works as the air tank of an air compressor to store the air. Hope this helps.
 
TLTruckie said:
All the rescue & collapse rigs have either 180or 200 CFM on board air compressor units. They are used to run all the Atlas Copco equipment , basically from smaller handheld concrete drills & breakers to large full size jackhammer , concrete cutting chainsaws , large Rotary concrete saws and even the “air knife ” for trench rescue.

The hose you mentioned is in fact regular 2.5“ fire hose. It’s used to extend the reach of the tools. It’s been tested to 20 lengths of 2.5 “ hose. Then it’s reduced down to 1” quarter turn (yellow) air hose. The reducer as a “Y” on it so you can run two tools at the same time if needed. The 2.5“ hose also works as the air tank of an air compressor to store the air. Hope this helps.
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Great info, thanks!
 
Skyler's Fleet Friday video of Rescue 5 has a quick shot of the inside of that compartment. I assume all 5 rescues are the same
 
lfdlt31 said:
Skyler's Fleet Friday video of Rescue 5 has a quick shot of the inside of that compartment. I assume all 5 rescues are the same
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Similar, not the same exact as far as the location of all their equipment , but yes the air outlets and the control panel for the compressor on all the rescues are in the same place.
 
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116ff60 said:
Rescue-1 carries alot more equipment and gear than the other 4 rescues!
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A lot more ….is their rig “a lot more bigger “ then the other four Rescues …nope! Each rescue carries about the same stuff with the discretion to carry more or less of certain equipment that they feel they may need. R-1 & R-4 probably carry more then the other three because their assigned Collapse rig is not in quarters with them and have to take in account the response time of the collapse rig to a scene. Some examples I can think of would probably be Par-Tec grey & Gold struts , more lumber, Atlas Copco pneumatic breakers and drills. Basically stuff that they can get started with until the Collapse rig arrives.
 
On the topic of differences between rescues, I believe Rescue 5 does not carry a boat on its main rig, unlike all the other rescues. R5's boat is kept on the collapse rig. My understanding is this is because, unlike the other rescues, R5 is in quarters with Tac2, and therefore will use Tac2's boat as their first option.
 
HFN01 said:
On the topic of differences between rescues, I believe Rescue 5 does not carry a boat on its main rig, unlike all the other rescues. R5's boat is kept on the collapse rig. My understanding is this is because, unlike the other rescues, R5 is in quarters with Tac2, and therefore will use Tac2's boat as their first option.
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its Not like they do not have access to a boat , its just on a different rig. And that actually makes more sense , the boat on the TAC rigs have a rigid haul and a bigger motor then the ones carried on the rescues. You could almost consider the TAC unit as R-5’s third piece. And I’m sure there are a few other items that is not on R-5’s rig because it’s either on their collapse rig or the TAC.
 
TLTruckie said:
A lot more ….is their rig “a lot more bigger “ then the other four Rescues …nope! Each rescue carries about the same stuff with the discretion to carry more or less of certain equipment that they feel they may need. R-1 & R-4 probably carry more then the other three because their assigned Collapse rig is not in quarters with them and have to take in account the response time of the collapse rig to a scene. Some examples I can think of would probably be Par-Tec grey & Gold struts , more lumber, Atlas Copco pneumatic breakers and drills. Basically stuff that they can get started with until the Collapse rig arrives.
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that's what i had meant by that comment! Gear such as more rope and other stuff due to their response area.
 
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