A bad day for training.

How's that stuff for bunging you up? I don't imagine straining on the toilet is overly pleasant:eek: !
 
Being a firefighter has its risks.

This week I had a pigeon poo into my open mouth while I was cutting it down from some netting it was stuck in.
 
K.V. Collucci said:
Update Day 10: Just got back from the Doc In A box and he feels I may have cracked ribs. X-rays do not really show rib crack well so he ordered a CAt scan for next week. I knew when this happened that I had to have fractured something because I was hit way to hard for it not to be. Inhalation has been painful and that's what prompted him to order the CAT.

Let's see where this goes now. :rolleyes:
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I hope your recovery is going well.

I'm curious about water hammers. I get a sense that it is some kind of pressure surge that has a lot of force behind. Can you give a little info on water hammers? Enquiring minds want to know. Thanks. :)
 
mycroftt said:
I'm curious about water hammers. I get a sense that it is some kind of pressure surge that has a lot of force behind. Can you give a little info on water hammers? Enquiring minds want to know. Thanks. :)
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This article pretty much explains it.

http://www.wfrfire.com/website/articles/hammer.htm

Take any of the scenarios that they discuss and picture that water coming out of an opened nozzle. In my case the water hammer came from the hydrant which had an intake pressure of 90psi (unheard of on a branch line hydrant) and bypassed the air actuated ball valve. This sudden rush of water hammered the pump and was transfered down the hoseline to the open nozzle. We had water flowing at 80psi at the tip of the nozzle. It was suddenly hammered with another 50-60psi. Whammo! Nozzle blows back and bitch slaps me in the chest and arm. I was ready for it to. I braced myself into position with another guy on my six steadying the hose. It did no good. I wasn't expecting that much pressure.
 
Ow. That sucks- Bad. Wrangling that much charged line is never something to take lightly.
Here's to a speedy recovery & no more surprises.
 
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