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Permalink Reply by Jay Nicholson on October 23, 2010 at 8:08pm

http://www.ktvu.com/video/25470832/index.html

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- It has been 11 years since voters approved Measure Q, but the Berkeley Fire Department is ready to use a revolutionary system that can put water on major fires, even if hydrants go dry.



On Thursday, the department demonstrated its new Hytrans Fire System, which can suck 12,000 gallons of water per minute from the bay, and then pump it through hoses to a fire as far as six miles away. The system cost $4.7 million for the hardware, alone......

The pumps fed 12-inch lines through 1,200-horsepower, diesel powered pumps....

Several rank-and-file firefighters remained skeptical of the new system.

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