Home Wildland Fire Pump Setup
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2021
- In this video I go over our home fire suppression system and how it is set up to pump out of the creek. We have a high pressure water pump, 750 feet of 1.5" jacketed fire hose, a gated wye, and two nozzles.
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Compared to the hustle and bustle of a large city, your lifestyle is awesome. Great place to live!
Howdy brother, wildfires can get a little spooky. When our kids lived in California they had a close call one Sunday afternoon with a fire. Will keep y’all in our prayers. Take care and God bless
Thank you. God's blessing to you as well.
Good thing you have that creek nearby. Running pretty good for August.
Glad to see homeowners taking responsibility and learning how to make their homes defensible.
Others have said to have extra fuel for the pump. Id imagine marine/boat tanks coukd be plumbed into the system. I would clear the area of brush and set the pump not on the foot bridge, but on a gravel pit just in case the exhaust gets too hot and catches the brush beside it or the bridge itself.
I like the idea of having a mobile solution so if an ember comes down and is near your property, you can be a great neighbor/steward and quickly put that out before it becomes a problem. IBC totes are great for holding spare water if you get a mobile set up.
If you would need inspiration, wranglerstar on YT has great older videos on wildland home defense gear.
Other than buikding a network with your neighbors (if you have any close enough, just found your channel), seems like youre pretty levelheaded with this topic. Cant wait to see what else you get going!
Happy to see that some people are taking the fires seriously, and planning ahead. You secured the pump to the bridge, AND are keeping it primed so it is ready. Good for you.
Thank you.
Greets and love again. As a facility manager I allways have to do with fire prevention. I preach to every log home owner in the wilderness to build a pond for the "fire time" of the forrest.Also a good thing to have: A farmer rain system.Together with a strong pump this can make gras and forrest around a cabin wet like in rain days. Depends on how much capacity this system has- can make 1000 sqeer feed wet in some hours.
A pond also can be used as a swimming pool or for fish production with a net protected against birds.
One thing you MUST do: Close your verandas with wood so that a burning bush cant transport fire UNDER your house! That is a must do to prevent.
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May I make two suggestions? First consider a foot valve at your suction to assist in catching prime. Second look at establishing a sprinkler network. Attach some sprinklers to the top of your structures and build a humidity dome. I expect your local forest service can help with suggestions. With sprinklers you can bug out if necessary and hopefully have something to come back to; or at least they can cover your back while you are focused elsewhere. Mercedes Textiles- fire pump section has diagrams of suggestions for cottage protection, on their website. Ultimately sprinklers are sprinklers. When I get my place some system will be on the list. Wish you well.
Good suggestions. I do have a foot valve on the end of the suction line and have plans to add sprinklers. I was able to find some "water thief" fittings that are basically T fittings that I can add at my hose connections that will give me a 1" threaded male end with valve for irrigation sprinklers. Thanks for watching.
@@OnBeaverCreek Just the way I envisioned. Next will be PPE in case the embers start raining on you. Eye, breathing, and FR clothing. Remember to hydrate. Maybe a larger secondary fuel tank plumbed in? Once all is going I am curious if your pump will handle it all. That's way beyond my comprehension. Wishing you stamina.
If you have the budget id get a secondary 3" northstar pump and gate the discharge down to 2.5" since you can get that hose cheap used. Then use the 3" pump for the sprinklers. Look at ¾ and 1" ag sprinklers, avoid the plastic ones. As the other user said, you want a moisture/vapor barrier. As for additional protection, get heavy duty aluminum foil or a mylar heavy duty space blanket for the the windows. Many fires start through radiation heat transfer to internal combustables, such as window drapes and couch.
Im all for more suggestions as well if you want
I live pretty rural in eastern Oregon about a 30-35 minute response time from the nearest volunteer fire department. I re-built an old Forest Service fire pumper unit and put it on the back of my ranch pickup and it works great, I can also help my neighbors if I need to. I hope you don't ever have to use your system in an emergency. Stay safe this fire season.
That is a good thing to have. I wondered whether it was best to make a portable setup or put the pump at the creek. I decided I would rather have unlimited water in this situation. It would be nice to have both options.
If you own that mountain I'd be building into the foot of it for a under ground bunker type shelter for natural disasters n also would set up hydro nozzles aimed at the structures to keep them water if a fire did come through
Despite the dry weather, you seem to still have a good amount of water in the river.
Guess the one thing i would add is to maybe clear some trees/brush where you have your pump... just in case.
Lots of great suggestions previously made. I imagine it has been tough to prioritize. Setting up a mobile water tank & another pump would be high on my priority list. Also, you need to suit up to protect your body and lungs. Also, maybe ask if you can join live-fire training with the locals. The Monster will be faster and hotter than you may think. Blessings!
I live in NWMT on heavily forested acreage at 3,650' elevation, and the property has some steep & timbered elevations. I am without the benefit of a creek water supply, so you are envied there. There are a lot of suppression options and methods as many know. I like your approach so far, especially when you're able to lay out hoses during the worst fire threat periods. There are always limits to practicality and products for budgetary reasons, of course. If you have used various products and they're proven, I'd love to see you provide links to what you've used. Thanks for this video. 😀
Wow! You have an amazing and beautiful set up over there. Very nice! That scenery and everything is perfect. I dream of life like that. Minus the wildfires. I can see why you'd stay, I wouldn't want to leave either. My buddy was Forrest fire fighter, build some dirt berms around your property and some stone or gravel maybe a couple hundred feet radius around the structures. It'll get hot still but help divert any fires from burning too close. You should get some masks also to help fight c02 poisoning.
Thanks and thanks for watching!
You have 270 degrees of clear area around the house. The last has the underbrush clear. Contact your DNR to get a comprehensive plan put together. They might use your setup to fill brush trucks and keep the fire far away.
Gutters an water tanks sound easy but four months outta the year on freeze time... we’re seeing the smoke from Kansas here. No answers an love the trees. Love ya all Garden Plain Kansas
You should get yourself some sprinklers to put on your house and outbuildings. And do more watering on your property since you have access to a creek.
Got a system like your but I’ll drop to 1 in hoses and put sprinklers everywhere. Just keep 1x. 1 1/2 in hose near the house.
Way to be proactive 👍
Stay safe.
I was going to ask what pump, but good choice, Northstar 2 and 3 inch pumps are good. Im specing out a 3" build with a reducer to 2.5" outlet. That 2" will serve you well. Look into getting an external fuel tank.
Good idea
Nice set up.....just keep things wet. When the fire comes ,,you should be good
Thanks.
I see you have a stone foundation on the main house, I have decided to build a stone foundation for all the structures on my land but I do have a few questions... I too will be building in Montana (a few hours north of you up closer to Libby but also in the mountains so your experience should be good to learn from. How deep did you go with the foundation, did you go below the frost line or did you go with a good drainage system around the house instead, or did you do something completely different? Has the house settled to any undesirable degree? Perhaps you would consider doing a future video on what site prep you do and how you construct your foundations (like the one you have for the house)?? Thanks for sharing your content, it's been awesome following along.
Thanks for watching. It is actually a standard reinforced concrete footer and stem wall that is deeper than the frost line. The stone is real stone veneer.
Nice video. How deep is the stream water source?
about a foot or so
Hose should work real nice for fire protection but hopefully you won’t need to use it. In 2007, if you stayed would it have been a smart move or was it better you evacuated?
I think I should have stayed there. It depends on how defensible the place is. Staying is not the best idea for everyone of course.
Did someone set the fires at Harris mountain or was it just so dry it started. Just curious. Nice property you have. Best of luck to you.
I don't know how that one started. Thanks for watching.
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