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maxerickson
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The Mack Super Pumper was a locomotive engined fir...
It could draw from 8 hydrants. So average of 900 feet in that case.
Which still seems like a lot, but not so incredible.
permonst
7 months ago
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It's not uncommon to see an individual fire engine in the US with 800-1000 feet of supply hose. I don't know if that's a common configuration in a dense city like NYC, but it's certainly a reasonable amount per engine.
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Which still seems like a lot, but not so incredible.