You control the hoses using the truck s pump panel on top of the fire engine.
Fire truck pump panel labels.
A label maker found in most office supply stores is an inexpensive solution to placing information on the pump panel as seen below.
Fire line equipment supplies fire truck parts for all makes models of fire apparatus.
Most manufacturers make a laminated label that is designed for.
Photo 18 shows an approximately 40 year old pump panel.
I found it interesting that after delivery the fire department marked the reel controls this side and the other side they also added preconnects above the factory supplied labels with just numbers and small tags reading 1 front and 1 rear.
The pump panel is a series of levers and switches that controls how much water is flowing and which lines are being discharged.
A test label shall be provided at the pump operator s panel that gives the rated discharges and pressures together with the speed of the engine as determined by the certification test for each unit the position of the parallel series pump as used and the governed speed of the engine as stated by the engine manufacturer on a certified brake horsepower curve.
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The pump panel is used to control which hoses have water flowing through them at any given time.