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  2. Power take-off - Wikipedia

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    A PTO at the rear end of a farm tractor A PTO (in the box at the bottom) in the center of the three-point hitch of a tractor. A power take-off or power takeoff (PTO) is one of several methods for taking power from a power source, such as a running engine, and transmitting it to an application such as an attached implement or separate machine.

  3. Compressed air foam system - Wikipedia

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    This pioneering Class A CAFS used dish-washing detergents or a pine soap derivative, which was readily available as waste from local paper manufacturing industries, as a foaming agent mixed as 8 to 9 parts agent to 91 to 92 parts water, flowing up to 30 US gal (110 L) per minute. The duration was limited by the use of compressed air cylinders ...

  4. Fire pump - Wikipedia

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    A jockey pump, also known as a pressure-maintenance pump, is a small pump connected to a fire suppression system near the fire pump and is intended to maintain pressure in a fire protection piping system. These pumps recover pressures lost from gradual, slow pressure declines in a system due to temperature changes, trapped air escapement, or ...

  5. Waterous Company - Wikipedia

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    Waterous Company is an American manufacturer of fire pumps, hydrants and fire suppression equipment. Based in South St Paul , Minnesota . [ 1 ] Originally part of Waterous Engine Works Co. Ltd , the fire equipment operation in Winnipeg was relocated to St Paul, Minnesota in 1886 [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

  6. Variable speed fire pump controller - Wikipedia

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    Variable Speed Fire Pump Controllers were invented and released with a UL Listing for fire pump service in 2003 by Master Control Systems, Inc. [1] [2] Paragraph 10.5.5 in the 2003 edition of NFPA-20 recognized Variable Speed as an accepted method for operating the fire pump. Then in the NFPA-20 2007 edition, section 10.10 was added to clarify ...

  7. Firefighting apparatus - Wikipedia

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    An early device used to squirt water onto a fire is a squirt or fire syringe. Hand squirts and hand pumps are noted before Ctesibius of Alexandria invented the first fire pump circa the 2nd century B.C., [3] and an example of a force-pump possibly used for a fire-engine is mentioned by Heron of Alexandria.

  8. Fire appliances in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    High volume pumps are also part of the New Dimension scheme. They carry a submersible pump, supplying water from any open source to the fireground; a pump that pumps up to 8,000 litres (1,800 imp gal) per minute (twice as much as a standard fire engine); a hose box module; and ancillary equipment.

  9. Pumpjack - Wikipedia

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    A short video recording of such a pump in action can be viewed on YouTube. [ 6 ] Although the flow rate for a water well pumpjack is lower than that from a jet pump and the lifted water is not pressurised, the beam pumping unit has the option of hand pumping in an emergency, by hand-rotating the pumpjack cam to its lowest position, and ...