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How many gallons per second can a fire truck pump?

Asked by babygrrl over 4 years ago, 1 answer.

how many gallons per second can a fire truck pump?

Answered by bafalken on May 15, 2007, 08:59PM
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It really depends on the truck, some may be a tanker unit capable of pumping anywhere between, 500-5,000 Gal. or More. You might even see a Brush truck unit, that has a simple 2 stroke engine pump, that does not have a tank, but a pump unit, thease can pump aprox 250-1500 GPM (Gal Per Min).

But to define a per second bases would be like this.
Lets say for example, a pumper with a water capacity of 2,500, able to pump that amount in 2 mins. This would equal 20.8 gal aprox per SECOND times 60 seconds per min times 3 mins would = 2496 gal total. so, a Rough guesstimation would be about, 20.8 gal per second on this example unit.

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