Colo. fire dept. tests new Swedish nozzles
It's going to be awhile before the department deploys the nozzles in the rigs, but it will probably happen sometime next year
Reporter Herald
LOVELAND, Colo. — Loveland Fire Rescue Authority members employed a new Swedish nozzle in a test fire Monday afternoon at the Loveland Fire & Rescue Training Facility.
Loveland Fire Rescue Authority officials have been testing firefighting theories using real furniture and carpet — not wooden pallets and straw, normally used in training — since Saturday.
"We are trying to look at the fire and its behavior," Battalion Chief Tim Smith said. "We are collecting a lot of data and footage and are able to see what is happening in these spaces."
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