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The B1itzFire has a built-in safety device that when the nozzle detects one G force of movement, <br />it closes the nozzle protecting anyone working near it from injury. It seems that in today's world, <br />we are always working at fire scenes short staffed. The Blitz Nozzle allows the incident <br />commander to deploy a large volume nozzle with limited staffing in a safe manner. We currently <br />have three Blitz Nozzle's, one on each engine and one on Aerial 21. The reason this device is <br />needed on every fire apparatus is that in most cases, this device would be deployed on the first <br />arriving engine. We recently responded to a vehicle fire in an attached garage at a residence near <br />Otter Lake Road. The first arriving engine was from Centennial Fire District. I arrived on scene <br />at the same time. I asked the crew to deploy a Blitz Nozzle to quickly contain the fire to prevent <br />it from spreading to the home. Centennial Fire District does not have any of these nozzles. It <br />took the crew of four from the Centennial Engine and myself to deploy a 2.5" hand line and <br />nozzle to control this fire before other responding units arrived. With my experience I believe <br />that if we had a Blitz Nozzle the damage would have been less. I believe it is imperative that we <br />have a BlitzFire nozzle on every engine and aerial apparatus. <br />ONE VISION. ONE MISSION. LINO LAKES PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT. <br />