1 1/2 or 1 3/4

I have been with two volli houses and one used 1 1/2 and the one I am with now uses 1 3/4. Here is the discussion, do you fellow firefighters out there have a preference, and what does your house use?

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Permalink Reply by Luke Summers on March 1, 2009 at 12:06am

All of our preconnected cross lays with the exception of one are 1 3/4. Our primary attack is with an 1 3/4

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Permalink Reply by Doug on March 1, 2009 at 3:04am

my preference is 1 3/4 hose line. my department uses 1 3/4 hose line with combination and smooth bore nozzles. 3inch for our blitz nozzle.

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Permalink Reply by Tony P on March 2, 2009 at 12:58am

An advantage of using the 38mm for wildfire work is it helps in water conservation. We use smaller capacilty branches (nozzles in North America) as well for wildfire as there's usually a fair drive to the nearest water supply - be it hydrant or static source. We have to be very careful how we use the wet stuff.

For structure fires we still find that the 38mm is a good size for most jobs. We train to put out the fires of course, but we also train to do it using minimum water. The thrust for that aspect, mimimising water damage to non fire affected property is possibly driven by the fact that most of my fire services money comes from the insurance companies. Whatever the reason, it works for us.