NEAFC 31st Annual Conference.pdf - New England Association of ...

NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS
Next (indicating) is the lecture~ on radi01ogical work on a lot of instruments,
but anyone who can read a dial can read radiation intensity.
Next (indicating)-, the final part of radiological exercise.
Next (indica_tlng), :this is. a picture of the quick-coupling water pipes which the
British have ,been experimenting with. It is a plastic type cf hose that is sutticiently
light that one man can carry a length under each arm. He can. carry forty feet of plastic
hose a considerabl~ dis.tane-e without any undue labor. The coupling is very quick and
can be laid a.t the rate of around 1000 feet in fifteen minutes. It will follow the contours
of the ground: and, while it is meant to be straight, it will make a 30-degree circle
and within approximately 600 feet of pipe will make a complete circle. It is six-inch pipe.
We had a j.oint International Civil Defense exercise between Canada and the
United States at Niagara Falls on June 4, 5 and 6, and we tried out the steel pipe and
I think it took about five minutes to get each particular line together. Theyhave to
meet very exactly, and after .they do meet, only two or three degrees .t.o bend it. It is
excellent pipe to be pre-laid and to provide for a permanent emergency pipel but not
the quick-coupling type the British and Swedes are using. The Swedes use
four-inch pipe with quick ccupling that they do lay a little faster than a man could
walk. I couldn’t keep up with them.
QUESTION: What pressure does that pipe stand?
CHIEE BURNV.TT : I think the pipe will stand a lot more than the joints. I think the
joints will stand 150 potinds. The flange, as you may notice, is up about half an in.ch
and only an inch through this way (in°dlcating), gnd there is trouble keeping ~it free of
leaks, particularly after the trucks pass over it. - -
Next (indicating), the coupling is just being completed there. It is very rapid-only
a ma.tter of seconds.
Next (indicatifig).-is a picture of tile pump which the Britigh put on their pumper
to hand,le emergend~Witt~r ’ supplies’. It is a portable pump. Our people objected to
being called portable. It weighs 300 pounds. It does deliver about 250 gallons at
100 pounds.
Nex.t (indicating) is the photograph of the standard British pumper. .It looks
rather different from our normal design on this continent. It has a fully enclosed cab
for six men, a 350 U. ,S. gallon water tank, 600 Imperial. gallons (625 American gallons)
at 100 pounds. It d’.oes givethree good streams. They don’t lay hose out the
rear end while the truck is moving, the same as we do.
Next (indicating) is a picture prepared .by our Canadian scientist of the center
inner circle and embraces almost the entire City of Hamilton. That would be the area
of complete destruction from .one hydrogen bomb.
Next (indicating) is the rear of the standard Civil Defense pumper, and you can
see the little portable pump on the side. The hose has all been loaded. It carries 1,000
feet of 2~-inch and 300 feet of ll~-inch.
Next (indicating) is the side view of our pumper.- It is exactly the standardi 600gallon
municipal pumper which is sold in both Canada and the United States. It has
the 12-hour National Board Rating test and three-hcur delivery test. There is just one
booster reel, as it is felt for Civil Defense work two booster reels would not be needed
very often. Another thing is a fully-encloged ca,b for six men to ride inside. In Canada
the firefighters have to ride 50, 75 or 100 miles and they have to hang cnto the rear end.
Thanks very much, gentlemen.