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TODAY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING
AT IS A FAR SYSTEM FARS AND WHAT THAT STANDS FOR IS FIREFIGHTER AIR REPLENISHMENT SYSTEM
IN A HIGH-RISE BUILDING THE LOGISTICS OF GETTING AIR TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS ON UPPER
LEVELS DURING AN INCIDENT USES A LOT OF MANPOWER SO WHEN THE FIR TRUCK SHOWS UP THEY
WILL ATTACH THEIR HIGH-PRESSURE AIR LINE TO AN OUTLET ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING THAT
IS MARKED FOR THE FAR SYSTEM THAT THEN PUMPS AIR THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING SO WHEN
THE FIREFIGHTER COMES TO THIS LEVEL THEY WILL ATTACH THIS BOTTLE TO THIS OUTLET THIS
CAN FILL TWO BOTTLES AT A TIME AND THIS IS ROTATED AND LOCKED IN PLACE AND BY
CHANGING THESE VALVES IT WILL FILL THAT BOTTLE THE BIGGEST BENEFIT IS LOGISTICS
AND MANPOWER INSTEAD OF HAVING SO MANY OF OUR PERSONNEL BECOMING A BOTTLE BRIGADE SO TO SPEAK
OF SHUTTLING FRESH AIR BOTTLES UP AND SPENT AIR BOTTLES DOWN WE ONLY HAVE TO GO UP A FLOOR
OR TWO TO REPLENISH THEIR AIR THAT PERSONNEL AND THAT MANPOWER CAN BE USED MORE PRODUCTIVELY AT
THAT INCIDENT THAN JUST BEING A SHUTTLE SERVICE
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.