https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/8785b556-01b1-43c2-ba5a-277854136b27 Using Water Wisely is a 1950s video report from the Exploratory Committee On The Application Of Water, which reports on the results from test fires and the use of indirect water application—using water wisely—in fighting fires. The film primarily features footage of test buildings on fire with one or several fire hoses applying water. The film opens with dozens of firemen (00:18) watching a test fire. The test fires in the report are conducted in Miami, Florida (00:47; 15:08), Kansas City (00:58), Memphis (01:20; 08:10), Ponca City, OK (01:26; 11:00), and Ames, IA (01:35). The test buildings have been loaded with fuel and combustibles that are commonly found in homes before being set ablaze. Test nozzles and patterns are used (02:26), including booster line discharge pattern, applicator pattern, master stream, ladder pipe pattern, to determine the effectiveness of each. The buildings are ignited and, once on fire, attacked with one type of nozzle. Temperature reduction, the time to extinguish the fire, and water usage are recorded in each test. The film shows different buildings burning as the narrator reports on the indirect application of water and how to use water wisely. In one test, firemen enter a test building with self-contained masks (12:54) after reducing the temperature with a minimal amount of water indirectly applied. The official write-up of the film states: “Using Water Wisely” covers the activities of the Exploratory Committee from its inception in November, 1951, to January 1, 1954. During this time the committee activities were confined to idatively small fires, and fire fighting methods were chiefly spray nozzles on hand lines, booster lines and lk5-inch hose being used in all cases. The film includes shots of tests conducted in a special test building in Miami, Fla., and dwellings in Missouri, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Iowa and Kansas. In all these tests the committee had the full cooperation of the local fire chief and his aides. In these tests the quantities of water used on indirect application to control the fire and for final extinguishment were determined and recorded. The film is narrated by George Gow of radio station KANS, Wichita, Kans. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o9FWUgb7wU Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:01:50 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/8785b556-01b1-43c2-ba5a-277854136b27 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.