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TownofWaukeshaFireDepartmentWaukesha,Wisconsin
RuralWaterSupplyOpera<onsSeminar2-hrWaterSupplyDrill
October27,2019SummaryReport
Copyright2019-GBWAssociates,LLC-TownofWaukesha,Wisconsin-October2019
ThePurpose
• Thepurposeoftheseminaranddrillwastoreviewthebasicsofruralwatersupplyopera<onsandtoprac<cewatersupplyopera<onsinanon-hydrantedseGng.
• Thedrillalsoallowedmutualaidcompaniestoworktogetherinareal-lifetrainingsitua<on.
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TheSeminar
• The2-dayseminarstartedwitha4-hourclassroomsessiontoreviewthebasicsofruralwatersupplyopera<ons.
• ThereviewsessionwasheldattheTownifWaukeshaFireDepartment.
• Oncetheclassroompartwasover,theseminarcon<nuedwith8hoursofprac<calworkonfill-siteanddumpsiteopera<ons.
• Theprogramconcludedwiththe2-hrISOtendershuNleexerciseandprogramreview.
• Seminarpar<cipantswerefromtheWaukeshaarea.
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The2-hourWaterSupplyDrill
• ThetendershuNledrillwasheldonOctober27thattheFoxRiverChris<anChurch.
• ThedrillaNemptedtoreplicatethe2-hourWaterSupplyDeliveryTestusedbyISOintheirevalua<onoffiredepartmentwatersupplycapabili<es.
• WhileISOnolongerusesthephysicaldemonstra<onofwatersupplydelivery,the2-hourtestiss<llareasonablestandardbywhichfiredepartmentscancomparetheirwatersupplyopera<ons.
• ISOnowusescomputermodelingtopredicttendershuGleflowcapabiliIes.
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TheISOTest
• TheISO2-hourWaterSupplyDeliveryTesthasthreecri<cal<mesegments:– 0:00to5:00minutes
– 5:01to15:00minutes
– 15:01to120:00minutes
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ISOTest0:00to5:00Minutes
• Adrillloca<onisselectedandtheunitsduetorespondonthefirst-alarmassignmentaredispatched.
• Timestartswhenthefirstenginearrivesonthesceneandcomestoacompletestop.
• Thereisnorequirementtoflowwaterduringthefirst5minutes,butthecrewmustbepreparedtoflowwateroncethe5-minutemarkisreached.
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ISOTest5:01to15:00minutes
• Atthe5-minutemark,aflowofatleast250gpmmustbestarted-anditmustbesustained.
• Duringthenext10-minutes,crewscanworktofurtherdeveloptheirwatersupplyandincreasetheirflow,however…
• Atthe15-minutemark(5+10),whateveramountofwaterisflowingatthat<memustbemaintainedfortheremainderofthe2-hourtest.
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ISOTest15:01to120:00minutes
• Oncethe15-minutemarkhasbeenreached,theremainderofthe2-hourtestisreallyjustaboutsustainingtheflow.
• TheISOtestincludesthesimula<onofautoma<cmutualaidresponseandallowsaddi<onalwatersupplyunitstoarriveandassistinthedeliveryprocessaswouldhappenonarealincident.
• TherealadvantageoftheISOtestisthatitgivesafiredepartmentthechancetoseewhereimprovementscanbemadeintheirwatersupplydeliveryprocess.
Itisonethingtosaythatyourfiredepartmentcandeliver500gpmfortwohours–itisanotherthingtoproveitinareal-lifedrillscenario!
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WaterSupplyDrillPar<cipants
• TheparIcipantsforthedrillwerefromseveraldifferentfiredepartmentsintheWaukeshaRegionandthewaterhaulingapparatuswasrepresentaIveofthetypeofwatersupplysupportthatwouldrespondtoastructurefireintheTownofWaukeshaarea.
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TheDrillBegins
ThedrillbeganwithTWFDLadder1671arrivingonsceneandworkingwithTWFDTender1691togetadumpsiteupbeforewaterflowhadtostart.
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DumpSiteOpera<ons
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Thedumpsitecrewdecidedtoarrangedumptanksinfrontofthe1500gpmquintsimula<nga“Single-LaneTank”layout.Thefirstdumptankusedwasoneoftwo,3500-galdumptankscarriedonthefirst-arrivingtender.
DumpSiteOpera<ons
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Theseconddumptankfromthefirst-arrivingtenderwasdeployedsoonthereacerandthus,atwo-dumptankopera<onwasquicklysetup.
DumpSiteOpera<ons
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Tofacilitatefull-flowdracingwiththedumptankslocatedinfrontofthequint,aKocheksuc<onelbowwasusedontheofficersidesuc<oninlet.
DumpSiteOpera<ons
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Atthe5:00-minutemarkwaterflowwasstartedat250gpmusingLadder1671’stankwater(475gal).Bythe7-minutemarkthefirstdumptankwasinopera<on.
DumpSiteOpera<ons
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Aroundthe17-minutemarkwaterflowwasmovedto500gpmandathree-dumptankopera<onwasunderway.Allthreedumptankswere3500-galincapacity.
DumpSiteOpera<ons
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Withtwofillsitesinuse(astreamandahydrant),tendersweredirectedtoaspecificsitebytheWaterSupplyOfficer.VernonTender1292dumpsaloadofhydrantwaterhereinthisphoto!
DumpSiteOpera<ons
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Atthe102-minutemarkflowwasmovedto800gpmandthento1000gpmatthe106-minutemark.
DumpSiteOpera<ons
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Becausethesuc<onstrainerontheini<alsuc<onhoselinewasflow-limi<ng,thecrewsworkedtobuildasecondsuc<onlineusingthequint’sfrontintake.
DumpSiteOpera<ons
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However,amechanicalissuearosewiththefrontintakemakingitnon-opera<onalandthusithadtobecappedinordertoeliminatealargeairleak.
DumpSiteOpera<ons
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Eventually,enoughsuc<onhosewaslocatedtobuildoutasecondsuc<onlineusingthedriversidesuc<oninlet.
DumpSiteOpera<ons
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Withthesecondsuc<onlinenowinopera<onthecrewwasabletoflow1,000gpmandoperatethreejetsiphons.
3500gallons
DumpSiteLayout
Suc<onHose
JetSiphon
Tank3 Tank1
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3500gallons
3500gallons
Tank2
TWFDLadder1671
TheFillSites
• Forthisdrill–twofillsiteswereused–afirehydrantandastream.
• Thefillsitesbothprovidedabouta3.0-mileroundtripfortheunitshaulingwater.
• Bothsiteshadamplewatervolumetosupportthedrillandaccesswasnotaproblem.
• A1,500gpmpumperwasusedateachsitetosupportthetenderfillsta<on.
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StreamFillSiteOpera<on
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5-inchLDHwasusedatthestreamfillsitetoloadtenders.Loadingopera<onswereveryefficientandtenderswerequicklyplacedbackontheroadtothedumpsite.
TheResults
• Thedrillwasstoppedatthe2:00-hourmark.• Waterflowwasinterruptedtwiceduringthedrillwhileopera<onalchangesweremadeatthedumpsite.
• Anes<mated86,500gallonsofwaterwereflowedthroughthequintduringthedrillproducinganaverageflowrateof801gpm.
• Apeakflowof1,000gpmwasachievedduringthelast14-minutesofthedrill.
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TheLessonsLearned
• Atthisdrill,crewschosetogorighttoadumptankopera<onfromtheverystart.
• Thedumpsitepumper(quint)hadonlya475-gallonwatertanksohechangeovertodumptankopera<onshadtooccurratherquickly.
• Manyofthetenderscarriedtwindumptankswhichallowedfortherapiddeploymentofmul<pledumptanks.
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TheLessonsLearned
• Astheflowincreased,asecondsuc<onlinewasneededatthequintsothattheunitcouldsupportthefireflowandsupplymul<plejetsiphons.
• Theuseofasuc<onelbowandaddi<onalsuc<onhoseallowedbothsuc<onlinestobeconnectedtothequint’ssidesuc<oninletsthusavoidingthefrontsuc<onlimita<on.
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TheLessonsLearned
• Atenderfill-siteneedstorunlikeaNASCARpitstop.AnythingthatslowsdowntheloadingoftendersisgoingtoreducetheefficiencyofthetendershuNle.
• Atthisdrill,mostallofthetendershadthesamefillconnec<onwhichallowedtherigstogetfilledandbebackontheroadinliNle<me.
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TheLessonsLearned
• Jetsiphons,suc<onhose,anddumptanksareneededatmosteverydumptankopera<on–therefore,itiswisetocarrythoseitemsoneverytender–aswellasadaptors.
• The“bundling”ofwaterhaulingmutualaidresourceshasprovensuccessfulinmanydrills.Thetendertaskforceconceptagainprovedtobeaneffec<veprocessforreques<ngandusingaddi<onalruralwatersupplyresources.
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DrillVideos
Besuretowatchvideosfromthedrillonthe
GotBigWater
YouTubeChannel.
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Summary
• Thedrillwasasuccess.Forthenewfolks,theygottoseehowdumptankopera<onswork.
• Fortheolder,experiencedfolks,itwasachancetoprac<cetheir“crac.”
• Thesuccessofthedrillshowedtheimportanceofmutualaidresponseprac<cesandprocedures–andtheimportanceofmutualaidinteroperability.
• ManythankstotheTownofWaukeshaFireDepartmentforsponsoringandhos<ngthisseminar.
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