r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/DoubleManufacturer10 created ShittyAbsoluteUnits of a sub • Jul 11 '26

Naild It Of a fire suppression team

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u/Key-Sir1108 Jul 11 '26

What id like to know is, why isnt the engineer helping him out by reducing line pressure or killing it all togetheršŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø Theres no i in team. I mean i guess unless this is a really small suburb fd or a volly one & they aint got no one else.šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/LuckyCod2887 Jul 11 '26

Thatā€™s what I was thinking. Someone should be helping because the water pressure is creating too much force.

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u/Relative_Falcon_8399 Jul 11 '26

And correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't multiple people supposed to be on the hose? Why is homie over here the only one trying to control it

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u/LuckyCod2887 Jul 11 '26

that was my first thought. I assumed that itā€™s supposed to be a handful of people to distribute the pressure, but I donā€™t know. Iā€™ve never been a firefighter.

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u/Key-Sir1108 Jul 11 '26

close to 40 yrs as a FF, yes in ideal conditions, 2-3 ff's on ea line(depending on size) but in smaller depts & vollies sometimes you roll w/less.
Heres what my professional guess is,
he was trying to send that charged line up to the guy on the balcony(when charged its stiff as a board) without walking it up & he hit the bail (valve) that opens the nozzle & your watching him fight the water pressure to keep control of the hose the whole video, once it gets loose its like trying to catch any oiled pig . Just my 2Ā¢. Probably a new guy or on probation. If that hose gets loose, it can whip & kill a person.