Hydraulics for Firefighting
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Cengage Delmar Learning
Published: July 27, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781418064020
Subjects: Fire protection & safety; Hydraulic engineering; Fire Hydraulics; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Fire Science; Hydraulics; Technical & Manufacturing Trades; Technology / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades; hydraulics; pump testing; pump theory; drafting; water supply; Fire extinction; Fire streams; Water-supply
First sentence: The study of the science of hydraulics as we use it in the fire service today began more than 250 years ago (Figure 1-1).