Couple days ago I commented to a post:
Every friggin one of those houses have pools. I have a pool, and I have a Harbor Freight 2" pump that can pump out water, 158 GPM, out of a fire hose from my pool through a 2" section of PVC with an L in it, that I can run down to bottom of 15K gallon pool.
Sure the hydrants may have been dry, but they have all the water needed to control the fire right in the back yards. And you going to tell me that if the homes would have had a rig like I describe that they could not have kept house from burning down? Maybe not, but at least a chance, a good chance, a hell of a lot better than a 1/2 garden hose.
And they could just as easily had purchased a 3" pump ($400.00) that would put out 290 GPM. They live in a high fire zone, and none of them thought of this?
Then I began to wonder if there was any supporting evidence for my claim, and found this startling video of LA Firefighter in Malibu selling the very same idea. ** Note: The fire fighters offer this pump, hose, connection for $300 per month. One could easily obtain their own for almost one months payment.
In the video, the fireman says that a fire truck carries 500 gallons of water, so the 40,000 gal pool your looking at here would be 80 fire trucks of water.
Additionally I just found this 7 years old video: Tech Vet Builds High-Powered Hose To Protect Home From Wildfires
I think most of us, if we lived in a very high risk fire area, would have though of this own our on. If rich like most of these folks, would have had multiple pumps in place to drowned our house and property in case of fire.
P.S. And before any of you comment on discharge rate of fire engine or Harbor Freight pump, please know that I am aware of the factor that determine pump rate.
I have a pump in my pond that will do the same thing and I am far from rich.