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The centrifugal pump, the pump panel, hydrants, drafting, relay pumping, friction loss, standpipes and the daily check. Every topic gets its own page: the drawing first, then what you need to remember. 66 illustrated pages.
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 8 parts and 62 topics.
Drill night. The captain says: “Two 1¾ lines off a wye, 200 feet each, 150 gpm. What's your PDP?” You did this problem last week. Tonight the coefficient won't come to you.
The manual gives you FL = CQ²L, a coefficients table, nozzle pressures, appliance loss and elevation, each in a different section. Five pieces in five places, and nothing tells you which comes first.
In this book PDP sits on one page, drawn on the hose from the nozzle back to the pump: NP, FL, AL, elevation, then PDP. Same 5 steps, same order, every problem.
The rest works the same way: the pump panel with every gauge labeled, hydrant colors and flow classes, setting up a draft, the 5-step PDP method, supplying a standpipe. Each one gets its own page.
Once you've seen how the pump works, you know why the intake gauge drops or the discharge won't build. You get it, and you run it, without going back to the manual.
The job and the exam, inspecting and driving the apparatus, inside the pump, the pump panel, water supply, the 5-step hydraulics method, special operations, and a review with the most common mistakes: 66 pages, all illustrated.
Think of it this way:
You're on the panel with 200 feet of 1¾-inch going up to the third floor, and the officer wants water now. You need the discharge pressure, and you need it in order.
In the book you open the page with the 5 steps and see one line drawn from the pump to the nozzle: nozzle pressure, friction loss, appliance loss, elevation, then PDP. Each step sits on the hose right where it happens.
Same with the centrifugal pump cut open, the panel with every gauge labeled, setting up a draft, hydrant colors and the fire on the 8th floor: each one on its own page.
Driver/Operator Pumper Illustrated is 8 parts and 62 topics, all drawn, and it ends with the 10 numbers to keep in mind, the most common PDP mistakes and 5 problems to solve before the exam.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
What a driver/operator pumper does, how the written exam asks its questions, the units (psi, gpm, feet, inches of mercury), water weight and head, and static, residual, flow and normal pressure.
The daily check in the same order, the air brake check with its numbers, stopping distance, weight transfer and rollovers, intersections and due regard, backing with a spotter, the driving course and positioning at the scene.
So you know why the discharge won't build or the pump overheats: the centrifugal pump in cross-section, single- and two-stage pumps, pressure vs. volume, the 150/200/250 psi rating, engaging the pump, the primer and booster tank, cavitation, overheating and water hammer.
The pump panel with every gauge labeled, master intake vs. master discharge, the pressure relief valve, the pressure governor, the intake relief valve, going from tank to hydrant water, and charging and shutting down lines.
Hydrant colors and flow classes, dry- and wet-barrel hydrants, how much more water a hydrant has, forward and reverse lay, drafting step by step, relay pumping, water shuttles and supplying a sprinkler or standpipe FDC.
So you work every PDP problem the same way: nozzle pressure, smooth bore flow, friction loss with the coefficients table, appliance loss and elevation, then wyed and siamesed lines, net PDP from hydrant and draft, and nozzle reaction.
Supplying a standpipe, a worked fire on the 8th floor, deck gun and portable monitor, foam and eductors, wildland pump-and-roll and the fire pump service test.
The 10 numbers to keep in mind, the most common PDP mistakes, pump problems by sign and cause, the panel sequence from arrival to shutdown, 5 PDP problems and the final checklist for the night before.
At the end of the book: Exam-style practice questions with explained answers, plus hydraulics quick cards and the most common mistakes.
Test yourself on pumps, hydraulics, water supply and driving, and see why each answer is right, so the real exam wording doesn't throw you.
Coefficients, nozzle pressures and the 5-step PDP order on printable cards, plus the mistakes made most often, like forgetting elevation or the appliance loss.
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You get the pump, the panel and the hydraulics one page at a time, drawn, so the manual finally makes sense between calls.
You review PDP in the same 5 steps every time and check the 10 numbers on one page, so a three-line problem doesn't throw you.
You put words and drawings to what you do by feel, for recertification or for teaching the new drivers.
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Yes. It's not a beginner book: it puts the pump, the panel and the hydraulics in one order, for the written exam, the engineer promotion or teaching the new drivers.
It's checked against NFPA 1010 (2024 edition), the driver/operator and pumper chapters that used to be NFPA 1002, plus NFPA 1911, 1901, 291 and 14. Friction loss coefficients and nozzle pressures use the standard textbook values (for example, 15.5 for 1¾-inch hose; 50 psi for a smooth bore handline, 100 psi for a standard fog nozzle). Where your department's SOPs use a different number, the page says "verify with your department."
No. It's an independent illustrated study book. It isn't published or approved by NFPA, IFSTA or any department, and it doesn't give a certificate or CE hours. It uses the standard formulas found in the IFSTA and Jones & Bartlett pumping manuals (like FL = CQ²L), so it works alongside whichever one your department uses, whatever your state's question bank.
No. It doesn't replace the driver/operator course, the driving course, hands-on pumping or your department's SOPs. It helps you review and understand them.
No. They're written for this book, in exam style, with explained answers. They aren't official questions from any exam or question bank.
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