Fire pump primers may not be glamorous, but priming systems are critical to pump drafting performance. Pulling a prime quickly is key to fast water delivery, a basic fireground necessity. Last month, ...

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Dozens of vintage fire apparatus lined up along the Susquehanna for the show. It draws departments from across the East Coast to Harrisburg each year. “These rigs are an extension of who we are,” Karl ...

Consider the consequences of a priming system malfunction or failure during a drafting procedure at a working structure fire. A delay in delivering water, or no water delivery at all, is likely to ...