MISSISSIPPI STATE RATING BUREAU

PUBLIC PROTECTION GRADING

APPARATUS & EQUIPMENT

SUBSTITUTIONS

PUMPER EQUIPMENT

Item Needed Substitutes

Water Tank 300 gal. 500 gal. or larger

Booster Hose 200 feet 1 ½² or 1 ¾² Preconnected Hose

1 ½² Hose 400 feet 1 ¾² or 2² Preconnected Hose

2 ½² or 1200 feet 3² or larger Hose

Larger Hose

Heavy Stream 1000 gpm Not needed for Basic Fire Flow <

Device 1500 gpm mounted or portable

is acceptable

Distributing 1 1 ½² or 2 ½² piercing nozzle

Nozzle 2 ½²

Foam Eductor 1 1 ½² or 2 ½² eductor is acceptable.

Built in proportioning system is

acceptable.

Foam Supply 10 gal. Class B Any foam listed in UL Fire Protection Equipment Directory as foam liquid concentrate (GFGV) is acceptable

Solid Stream 2/w shutoff None: 1², 1 _², 1 ¼² tips

Nozzle 2 ½² are necessary

Comb. 2 @ 250 gpm 2 @ 200 gpm or 1 ¾² comb.

Nozzle 2 ½² nozzle with 2 ½² adaptor

PUMPER EQUIPMENT (CONT’D.) - 2 -

Item Needed Substitutes

Comb. 2 1 ¾² comb. nozzle w/Task Force

Nozzle 1 ½² Tip with 1 ½² coupling

SCBA 4 @ 30 minute 60 minute SCBA is equivalent

Spare SCBA 4 @ 30 minute Portable air cascade or air filling

Cylinders station is not equivalent

Salvage 2 @ 12¢ x 18¢ 2 @ 12¢ x 14¢ canvas or rip

Covers rip-stop plastic is acceptable

Handlights 2 @ 4V wet Flashlight is not acceptable

6V dry

Hose Clamp 1 2 ½² or 3² is acceptable

Hydrant Hose 1 4-way valve is acceptable

Gate 2 ½²

Burst Hose 1 2 ½² or 3² hose clamp

Jacket 2 ½²

24¢ Ext. 1 28¢, 30 or 35¢ ext. ladder

Ladder

12¢ or 14¢ 1 16¢ Roof Ladder

Roof Ladder

Axes 1 pick, 1 flat

Pike Poles 1 - 6¢, 1 - 8¢ 2 - 8¢ or larger

Pry Tool 1 - 36² Crow Bar Halligan Tool

Smoke Ejector 1 Positive Pressure Ventilator

Wire Cutter 1 - 24² 1 Bolt Cutter 36²