LA Firefighter Says His Pool Pump System Gives Homeowners 'A Fighting Chance' Against Wildfires

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  • čas přidán 22. 10. 2019
  • Revving up for wildfires is what L.A. City firefighter and Fire Defense Service Co-Founder Jim Prabhu does on and off the job. Rachel Kim reports.

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  • @tim197
    @tim197 Před 3 lety +852

    It’s literally just a normal water pump with a fire hose stuck to it

    • @season2julian381
      @season2julian381 Před 3 lety +32

      yeah but he designed it in a way where someone can just buy it and use it

    • @fxdexter810
      @fxdexter810 Před 3 lety +30

      See how easy some business is...

    • @randojones2030
      @randojones2030 Před 3 lety +10

      Indeed. But they are making money off this simple formula and helping save homes from fire

    • @frankyflowers
      @frankyflowers Před 3 lety +22

      he invented the signs for the yard.

    • @davidjackson534
      @davidjackson534 Před 3 lety +20

      Its crazy that they rent this for $300 a month! People are full of bliss! My company can rent it for $101.99 a month!(😂😂😂) or you can buy all of it for $300 total!🤷‍♂️

  • @manifba
    @manifba Před 3 lety +383

    I thought he really wanted to help people till I heard 300$ a month.
    Scammers everywhere.

    • @connorssmallengines6663
      @connorssmallengines6663 Před 3 lety +20

      You can own the same pump for 429$

    • @nkxseal8398
      @nkxseal8398 Před 3 lety +10

      Ya that price is dumb, just buy your own pump

    • @bluelineindependent3673
      @bluelineindependent3673 Před 3 lety +3

      I mean I guess it's a risk you gotta take, plus I'm positive that money goes into resources to help stop and prevent these fires and keep firefighters safe

    • @jeeeyouuu1053
      @jeeeyouuu1053 Před 3 lety +6

      Bluelineindependent nah he’s just trying to get easy money from scared people

    • @jeeeyouuu1053
      @jeeeyouuu1053 Před 3 lety

      yoyo 19 too expensive don’t know how you don’t understand that

  • @bryanswaggbeast8194
    @bryanswaggbeast8194 Před 3 lety +794

    Everything was promising until she mentioned it is a monthly payment.
    Wow! I appreciate the likes. So this is where the notifications are coming from 🤔

    • @5.43v
      @5.43v Před 3 lety +18

      Use a trash pump

    • @bohemethmonkey
      @bohemethmonkey Před 3 lety +2

      Same xd

    • @blankmanj5760
      @blankmanj5760 Před 3 lety +24

      Damm have to pay to use your own water to keep your house safe lol this is the crazy world we live 😂😂😂

    • @AndrewKidd14145
      @AndrewKidd14145 Před 3 lety +2

      Monthly payment?

    • @RJHolt
      @RJHolt Před 3 lety +3

      I thought it would have been free lol

  • @sparrovski
    @sparrovski Před 3 lety +360

    Set it up, post a sign, leave it unattended and have it stolen within minutes.

    • @adamsmith5913
      @adamsmith5913 Před 3 lety +12

      Ohh yeah, someone will definitely steal the 1000$ hose at least.

    • @concentratecorner1744
      @concentratecorner1744 Před 3 lety +7

      @@adamsmith5913 uhhh during a fire theyere going to steal that stuff? Let them theyll likely be bbq'd and well have less thieves

    • @adamsmith5913
      @adamsmith5913 Před 3 lety +7

      @@concentratecorner1744 are you simple? OP said it would be stolen and I said or at least the expensive hoses since it would be easy to run away with the hose but difficult to run away with the whole machine.

    • @concentratecorner1744
      @concentratecorner1744 Před 3 lety +3

      @@adamsmith5913 Yea and i was asking if it would be during a fire that you guys are talking about it being stolen..id hope if youre referring to just the regular storage that they would have it in a decently secured space/area that isnt easy pickings..

    • @79tazman
      @79tazman Před 3 lety +4

      Yeah in Cali it will be since stealing is not even a crime anymore there. Even the firefighters are being ripped off while they fight fires that's how disrespectful they are there

  • @thenotoriousttg_clint
    @thenotoriousttg_clint Před 3 lety +380

    300 a month??? Damn you better off just buying it out right.

    • @mia1shooter
      @mia1shooter Před 3 lety +18

      I guarantee they wouldn't even let you

    • @thenotoriousttg_clint
      @thenotoriousttg_clint Před 3 lety +5

      mia1shooter haha probably

    • @Nathan-cv6sm
      @Nathan-cv6sm Před 3 lety +28

      John Manci haha what? Pools are much more affordable then that.... dont need to be a millionaire for them.

    • @kadelammers114
      @kadelammers114 Před 3 lety +8

      Could easily make your own by buying a pump and some hoses....

    • @warlanceyaz8912
      @warlanceyaz8912 Před 3 lety +2

      I made one for brush fires in n.m. for just over 200 dollars

  • @steve410
    @steve410 Před 4 lety +1357

    Rent 1 for 300 a month or buy one at home depot for 175$ hmmmmmmmmm

    • @derKarl_stp
      @derKarl_stp Před 4 lety +105

      does the one from home depot have the same water flow at the same pressure? I don't think so
      oh and do you have all the accessories included as well into this price range?

    • @FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife
      @FontedaPipaPortugueseFarmLife Před 4 lety +227

      @@derKarl_stp I just built the same type for about 300 euros, mine is mobile on a farm tractor trailer,so yes you can, this seems nothing more than a money making scam to be honest........ 300 a month is a huge amount of money , 3,600 dollars a year is just greedy.
      Plus not really an invention, a pump with some hoses.........

    • @enjay8950
      @enjay8950 Před 4 lety +50

      It wont be a Honda though. Spend the extra and get the Honda. When you need it most it will be reliable and do what you need.

    • @rrmerlin3402
      @rrmerlin3402 Před 4 lety +63

      False. These are 2 stage pumps that create more pressure and they have added a pressure relief valve so you can shut the nozzel off while running the pump. I built one for about $1200 including hose and nozzles and all.

    • @TheDFM007
      @TheDFM007 Před 3 lety +31

      Steve shaw I have a "Vermeer MX-125" 500 Gallon water tank system. When I needed to buy water hoses, couplers, butterfly valves, etc I had to goto a specialty distributor which sells fire-rated equipment. Bro, a 4" NPT Male Coupler alone costs $175 dollars. The water hoses were $1000.00 each and I got 4 of them @ 100Feet each hose. Watching you fight a fire with a $175 Home Depot pump is like watching a kid with a super soaker say "It sprays water just like a firetruck, Its literally the same thing"

  • @joseahernandez3001
    @joseahernandez3001 Před 3 lety +232

    300 dollars a month you could just go to the home depot

    • @Bayloy
      @Bayloy Před 3 lety +8

      Right!!!!!! That probably cost him $100 to make. Max. The thing is zip tied together with "FUEL" wrote in freakin sharpie for goodness sakes. 300 a month my ass.

    • @Earlthepear69
      @Earlthepear69 Před 3 lety +1

      So right

    • @blondeguy08
      @blondeguy08 Před 3 lety +2

      The alone pump cost $600-$1000. With all the hoses, the dolly, etc probably another $600-$800. With the labor that’s a ~$2,500 setup. Hoses, pumps, and fittings bigger than water hose get expensive quick.

    • @davem5333
      @davem5333 Před 3 lety +2

      Or go to your local Harbor Freight store. Probably put together a whole working setup for less than $1,000.

    • @Laascaanood614
      @Laascaanood614 Před 3 lety +1

      Its 200 at lowes, the funny thing is that he's saying he invited the kit or the pump lol shameful lies

  • @PBMS123
    @PBMS123 Před 4 lety +335

    He didn't invent this. These have been available in Australia for like 10 years.

    • @pigjubby1
      @pigjubby1 Před 4 lety +39

      Water pumps have been available for decades.

    • @nationalcitysycho
      @nationalcitysycho Před 3 lety +6

      @midnight runn Geeze where have u been..im 40 & i used these when i was barely starting in construction at 18 now these have out even before i was wrking in contruction!

    • @ffjsb
      @ffjsb Před 3 lety

      @@nationalcitysycho Dewatering pumps are NOT the same as fire pumps. Construction use pumps have high flow rates at low pressure. Fire pumps have more pressure so that you have more reach when spraying water.

    • @benevolent2077
      @benevolent2077 Před 3 lety +1

      @@ffjsb dude does construction can't expect him to be a genius honestly Lol. You ever been in construction? Most of them are druggies/alcoholics/or just fucked in the head

    • @benevolent2077
      @benevolent2077 Před 3 lety

      @Chris Williams Lol good cocaine isn't cheap. Unless you are a dumbass and buy "work" some cheap ass cut cocaine.

  • @colorado841
    @colorado841 Před 3 lety +109

    This guy invented the water pump, and al gore invented the internet.

    • @Appri
      @Appri Před 3 lety

      highly pressurized water pumps are going to shoot your butt off if you aim them wrong, you think fire pumps are the same thing as normal pumps? FFS

    • @andrew121410
      @andrew121410 Před 3 lety +4

      Coder Stone You’re honestly not smart.

    • @Appri
      @Appri Před 3 lety

      @@andrew121410 And yet you don't provide a counter argument you absolute buffoon. Go get an education, would ya?

    • @andrew121410
      @andrew121410 Před 3 lety

      Coder Stone You can clearly see it isn’t a fire pump.

    • @Appri
      @Appri Před 3 lety

      @@andrew121410 Did I ever say its a fire pump? I said it's a pump designed to pressurize water similarly to a fire pump. Why don't you go call your garden hose pump the same thing? I do agree that renting it for 300$ a month is a scam since you can easily build one for 600$, but the OP is completely wrong on this.

  • @22KingRancher
    @22KingRancher Před 3 lety +104

    so this guy went out and bought a water pump and said he invented it? sounds like thomas edison

    • @brian5128
      @brian5128 Před 3 lety

      @AII Iives Matter MalcolmX was right about liberals wat💀💀💀

    • @ramiere1412
      @ramiere1412 Před 3 lety +1

      Of course you find some retarded way to make this political

  • @ronlyph3977
    @ronlyph3977 Před 4 lety +166

    Sounds like a... Ad.
    These have been available for a long time.

    • @BrianLopez-gz8ux
      @BrianLopez-gz8ux Před 4 lety +5

      “ New design “

    • @gingerelvira6587
      @gingerelvira6587 Před 3 lety

      Yep

    • @enriquecortez1963
      @enriquecortez1963 Před 3 lety +2

      It also kinda sounds like a solicitation for a preferred homeowner service. With the sign up front. Idk. Just my opinion.
      Nice water pump rig tho. I would just buy one myself and operate it myself.

  • @itsjustwillis8367
    @itsjustwillis8367 Před 3 lety +210

    Imagine renting this your whole life and not a single fire happens in you area.

    • @gblargg
      @gblargg Před 3 lety +31

      Imagine having insurance your whole life and never needing to make a claim. You'd be a chump.

    • @sagew7377
      @sagew7377 Před 3 lety +5

      Unlikely. At least in CO or CA. I’m surrounded by about 3 fires in Glenwood Springs. We must’ve had 15 notable ones in the state this year.

    • @sagew7377
      @sagew7377 Před 3 lety

      Adrian Cantu CO is so nice otherwise...😕

    • @aidanmakinster922
      @aidanmakinster922 Před 3 lety +1

      Imagine renting it in the first place. It would only cost about 800 bucks to make on your own. All you need is a sign and your good to go.

    • @frankyflowers
      @frankyflowers Před 3 lety

      they should just buy one from china free shipping no tax.

  • @jasonlacroix6083
    @jasonlacroix6083 Před 3 lety +76

    Its a pressure washer with a high volume pump instead of a high pressure pump.

    • @5.43v
      @5.43v Před 3 lety +3

      More like a trash pump

    • @tremblence
      @tremblence Před 3 lety

      This can help put out fires?
      Fire Prevention services wouldn't want it then
      They excel at letting fires grow out of control on purpose

    • @mikethatguy27
      @mikethatguy27 Před 3 lety

      Its just your typical utility pump.

  • @i000_
    @i000_ Před 3 lety +159

    good idea, but bad business layout. Best to just sell the system.

    • @randojones2030
      @randojones2030 Před 3 lety

      Wouldn't renting an item out make more profit then selling? One someone buys the system they're gone. Renting is a ferris wheel of customers

    • @i000_
      @i000_ Před 3 lety +1

      @@randojones2030 If they market it correctly it would be sales and servicing/ repairs fees. Many see renting such a item as a waste in the long run thus reducing sales.
      Rentals still should be a option but sales would be where it's at (money).

    • @matterixon
      @matterixon Před 3 lety

      Homeowners can buy their own system. Those pumps aren’t cheap so renting is good for a lot of people and they don’t have to worry about maintenance

    • @i000_
      @i000_ Před 3 lety +1

      @@matterixon Lets be real. Do the math (300 × 12 = ) then times that by the average time people live in their home, which is 13 years.

    • @matterixon
      @matterixon Před 3 lety

      Yeah Okay no one is saying you have to rent it though. If a homeowner wants to buy a pump and some hoses, no one is stopping them. Personally, if it was me I would definitely purchase and maintain my own pump

  • @dallinc3753
    @dallinc3753 Před 3 lety +21

    $300 a month and it comes with a sign. They act like water pumps are new technology 😂

    • @Appri
      @Appri Před 3 lety

      highly pressurized water pumps are going to shoot your butt off if you aim them wrong, you think fire pumps are the same thing as normal pumps? FFS

    • @Appri
      @Appri Před 3 lety +1

      although I do agree with you that 300$ a month is a fucking retarded price.

    • @ph11p3540
      @ph11p3540 Před 2 lety

      The sign is there to keep the water rationing police off your back. The sign is a special permit to use water when water rationing laws are in effect. The water was already metered and paid for by the homeowner just for filling their pool.

  • @hondafo50
    @hondafo50 Před 3 lety +12

    I went through 2 fires in California. My dad build a very simple pvc system with a bunch of sprinklers that sat on the roof. We also used our pool water to soak the ground around our house. I feel the most important thing that saved our home both times was the fact that we tore the earth around our house for 100 feet in all directions to bare dirt.

    • @justkeepingitreal2024
      @justkeepingitreal2024 Před rokem

      Won't stop flying fireballs in a fire storm with 50 MPH winds like we had in Northern California in 2017. But you have to try and kudos to your Dad for trying. The 100 feet dirt barrier in all directions is pretty impressive. Just keep whatever grasses/weeds that will eventually grow through that dirt cut down to the nub. No fuel limits the fire.

    • @hondafo50
      @hondafo50 Před rokem +1

      @@justkeepingitreal2024 my dad works for the cdf....no problems as of yet....just a couple burnt fences in the ramona county estates....even the horses were chillin like ice.......sorry about the fireballs tho.....lol

  • @SuperAgentman007
    @SuperAgentman007 Před 4 lety +32

    That’s nothing special I have one myself I had it for over 10 years it’s called a water pump you just hook on a fire hose through it that’s the only difference

    • @nationalcitysycho
      @nationalcitysycho Před 3 lety +5

      Yeah these are old man I had one of these when I was 18 years old in construction I'm 40 this is old equipment firefighters trying to make a buck

  • @gmcg1984
    @gmcg1984 Před 4 lety +14

    Rip off. Buy a Honda GX200 motor and get some fire hose. I called up the local department and they gave me 200’ of old hose. It’s the exact same system. I did this and saved my house in the Quail Fire in Winters. The fire department dumped 7,000 gallons on the fire. Exact same system but I put it together for $599.

    • @kosycat1
      @kosycat1 Před 4 lety +2

      yup exactly. thats cool they hooked you up with some hose

    • @gmcg1984
      @gmcg1984 Před 3 lety +1

      @Th Tough The GX200 came with 25' of hardline suction with a strainer basket so I was set. It was sold by BE via Water Pumps Direct so I guess they attached it there.

  • @kevinvt4174
    @kevinvt4174 Před 4 lety +22

    I fought the Malibu Fire in Nov. 2018 and for 2 days not a single fire truck or helicopter was ever seen. The equipment is a good idea but setting it up and thinking someone else (fireman) is going to save your house for you while you drive off is not going to happen... It's your house you need to fight for it or it burns to the ground. There are not enough firefighters to go around what they need to start is rent a Fireman service :)

    • @rickhard3979
      @rickhard3979 Před 4 lety +2

      Very realistic observation. We are almost on our own.

    • @ffjsb
      @ffjsb Před 3 lety

      @Lord_haven111 That's why you pre treat with fire retardant. And you can get trained. Ignorance is your own fault.

    • @doug960
      @doug960 Před 3 lety +1

      The first firehouses in New York City were basically "for hire" firemen. Didn't work out so well.

    • @ffjsb
      @ffjsb Před 3 lety

      @Sanctuary Cities Suck If you're going to call someone a loser, at least spell it right...

    • @6YJI9
      @6YJI9 Před 2 měsíci

      So fun fact: The fire service actually did start out as a private, for-hire service. Fire insurance would go around and sell people "fire insurance" and have the homeowner post a very similar to the sign seen in this video. If a fire happened, both fire and the insurance agent would show up to your house, and if you didn't have insurance, they will all just stand there in front of your house watching and enjoying the bonfire of your house burning to the ground.
      Well, as time went on and more affluent neighborhoods were able to afford fire insurance, and therefore firefighters but the more poorer parts of the city couldn't afford the arm & leg rates the insurance companies were charging, and people would lose their lives in fires as a result, that's when the government stepped in and decided to make the fire service a public service to protect life and limb, and the fire insurance could be for writing a claim of your house burning down, but your life (or anyone else's) won't be decided based on your financial ability and decision whether or not to pay the insurance guy.

  • @Chefchen21
    @Chefchen21 Před 3 lety +11

    300 Dollar per Month?? built one for 600 Dollar

  • @KosukiFire
    @KosukiFire Před 4 lety +39

    As a fire fighter, the system would be better used to AG sprinklers. With an extended 5 or 10 gal fuel tank and a no water cut off sensor, you could power agricultural grade 1" sprinklers to create a vapor barrier around your house. Effectively changing the humidity and temperature aroundy your property during a fire storm.. The watee curtain made by this system would significantly slow or stop a big fire.. The risk of direct flame impingement or embers would be almost non threatening if a professional system was installed

    • @elslick
      @elslick Před 3 lety +4

      When I lived in Wyoming, we had a system like that to create a water curtain around the house and live stock pens, shed etc. We had a huge pond with a pump in a little pump house as well as two under grounds 10,000 gallon tanks. Never had to use it thankfully, but it was relatively inexpensive as we did all the work ourselves. The fire Marshall loved it though hahahah

    • @KosukiFire
      @KosukiFire Před 3 lety

      @Striker Thunderlick they have worked, they use a system in Australia every fire season. There is even videos of it working. You don't stop the fire, you give your property a fighting chance. Plus most fires burn homes from within by drapes and furniture as the windows and using radiant heat, over direct flame impingement

    • @paulmaxwell8851
      @paulmaxwell8851 Před rokem +1

      @@KosukiFire No, almost 90% of homes ignite due to the wind-driven ember blizzard that precedes a wildfire. Those embers find little cracks and defects, enter the attic space, soffits, under-deck areas etc. and start the fire. Roofs, even metal roofs, are very vulnerable because the attic spaces are almost never properly sealed. Just one opening or gap 1/8"or bigger can cause the complete loss of a home. Only a very small minority of homes ignite due to direct flame impingement.

    • @justkeepingitreal2024
      @justkeepingitreal2024 Před rokem +1

      @@paulmaxwell8851 Lost house in fire like you describe in 2017. New house is built with Hardie Board, closed soffits, no vegetation within 50 feet of house, ground cover is either concrete or gravel/rock/stone. You can only do so much.

    • @erth2ingrid
      @erth2ingrid Před rokem

      @@paulmaxwell8851 interesting point. What then, would you recommend in a very windy environment for fire safety - if any

  • @temujinkhan6326
    @temujinkhan6326 Před 3 lety +26

    Yeah, a supposed inventor trying to sound like he cares when all he wants is your money. Must be in the blood.

    • @nacholibre5903
      @nacholibre5903 Před 3 lety

      What a scam.

    • @MrManic52001
      @MrManic52001 Před 3 lety +1

      I mean this clown aside do you know how you got the computer or phone you are using?
      Just because people market a good and other pay doesn't make that immoral.

    • @CT-5736-Bladez
      @CT-5736-Bladez Před 3 lety +1

      Welcome to capitalism!
      Where You pay to use shit

    • @MrManic52001
      @MrManic52001 Před 3 lety +1

      @@CT-5736-Bladez he want's socialism where you use other peoples stuff while the gov points a gun at you.

    • @CT-5736-Bladez
      @CT-5736-Bladez Před 3 lety

      MrManic52001
      Yep

  • @XxROCKSTARxX3
    @XxROCKSTARxX3 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks! Just got our pool built. Let me tell you this thing works, our neighbors were mad but now we got our pool filled for free ;)

  • @outhereinidaho1479
    @outhereinidaho1479 Před 4 lety +7

    I have an emergency escape system for rent for only $2000 per month. A homeowner parks my car in their driveway and when they need to evacuate they use it to drive away.

    • @luisc2018
      @luisc2018 Před 3 lety

      Where can I get this at .. 😂

  • @zacharycary8396
    @zacharycary8396 Před 3 lety +8

    Honda with a high flow pump will achieve the same for about $300

  • @VODZ
    @VODZ Před 4 lety +8

    A guy on youtube named wranglerstar built a pretty comprehensive one.

  • @matt7iron
    @matt7iron Před 4 lety +16

    If that Oakland hills fire from 20 plus years ago came through that hose wouldn't stand a chance, that fire was burning concrete and steel poles it was so hot and windy, I was at the old putting green on 1900 Harrison st about 3-4 miles from the fire and 15 minutes before the fire started, remember the fire did not start yet and I'm not exaggerating what I'm about to say, as I putted suddenly a small tornado like whirlwind kicked up at snow park and it sucked my pants legs toward the hills where the fire started, and it was hot air like the Devil was in the air, and I froze and looked off to see if anyone else feel this hell in the air but I was by myself there, it froze me like I was in a Exorcist movie, no joke dude and 30 minutes later all hell broke out in the hills and firetrucks and firefighters were getting destroyed by that hellish devil fire, you had firemen throwing down hoses and running for their lives and jumping in swimming pools so they didn't get roasted alive, I seen the devil that day come travel through that park and head up to the Oakland hills.

    • @martinencinal3073
      @martinencinal3073 Před 3 lety

      I was in Alameda, I was 9 years old still recovering from the Loma Prieta. Whats crazy is that the fire was being fed by the "Diablo winds" coming from the east and you are describing winds coming from the west. I bet the gusts you felt raced right up the hills and collided with the Diablo winds.... Absolutely insane.

    • @TheTheo58
      @TheTheo58 Před 3 lety

      I remember the Oakland Hills Fire Storm Sunday October 19th 1991 there has been a smaller brush fire on Saturday, there was a strange odor in the air Saturday in the Bay Area. I worked in downtown Berkeley the fire could be seen from the bleachers at Edwards Field at UC Berkeley in the Oakland Hills. I was monitoring the fire dept on my scanner and had a map. Once the fire jumped across the freeway, it was heading towards an historical hotel made of wood (they were able to stop it) however the owner of store called told everyone to get out! Had the fire reached the hotel, would have been a wall of flame heading towards downtown Berkeley.

    • @matt7iron
      @matt7iron Před 3 lety

      @@TheTheo58 that must of been the Claremont Hotel up there by the Greek Theater.

    • @TheTheo58
      @TheTheo58 Před 3 lety

      @@matt7iron Yes it was the Clairmont Hotel it is south of the Greek Theater. Close to Alcatraz and Ashby Avenue.

    • @matt7iron
      @matt7iron Před 3 lety

      @@milescorp6237 must be easy sitting on your Ass getting 200 grand a year of taxpayer money and stealing overtime sitting in a firehouse all day doing nothing but waiting for the pizza delivery guy and getting your socks outta the dryer.

  • @maxlandy7642
    @maxlandy7642 Před 3 lety +2

    Additional training for residents on how best to tackle the fire would also be an added benefit to this system. Not so that residents can replace fire firefighters but so that they can help protect themselves should the worst happen. Obviously it goes without saying, they should never put themselves in harms way

  • @sillywilly722
    @sillywilly722 Před 3 lety +27

    so he can get Rich off the people make your own if the state pay for it .

    • @79tazman
      @79tazman Před 3 lety

      yeah until it burns up in the fire then you gotta build another one it gets expensive and it's only for a few months out of the year you need it

    • @ffjsb
      @ffjsb Před 3 lety +1

      If you have an in ground pool, you can afford a pump on your own.

    • @nordvestgaming1238
      @nordvestgaming1238 Před 3 lety

      @@79tazman Building a nice "high end" one yourself would still cost less than renting this one for a year

  • @cpufrost
    @cpufrost Před 3 lety +3

    We grew up on a farm with ponds and no hydrants and basically on our own if there was a fire. We had a dedicated well and pump for firefighting. We also had a Hale fire pump that floated on the pond that was about 2 1/2 acres. In case of a brush fire (lightning was the biggest risk) we'd launch the pump and it could run two 2 1/2" hoses at over 100 gpm each. It would work on a pool too with a single hose. You need to train on this so you know what you're getting into. Just like you never buy a gun for home protection without training on how to use it! Waiting until you need it with no training is likely a death sentence in both cases.

  • @YaUwAk247
    @YaUwAk247 Před 3 lety +1

    A patient of mine built one 10 years ago and ppl told him it's crazy. Ppl need to listen.

  • @redpill8222
    @redpill8222 Před 3 lety

    Excellent idea

  • @nacholibre5903
    @nacholibre5903 Před 3 lety +19

    What a scam. Fire fighters double dipping the system. 🥴

    • @atVVV1
      @atVVV1 Před 3 lety

      Clever like a firefighter

    • @nordvestgaming1238
      @nordvestgaming1238 Před 3 lety

      Its California, what do you expect, they try to make profit off of every little thing

  • @atVVV1
    @atVVV1 Před 3 lety +3

    Anyone smart enough to stay alive during a mandatory evacuation and fight a fire that's approching their home after burning the entire neighborhood already owned a pump, trust me

  • @Wassupitsmike
    @Wassupitsmike Před 3 lety +1

    I’d wanna stay and play firefighter . It’s so satisfying watching the flames die out

  • @scott1976ize
    @scott1976ize Před 3 lety +1

    I live in a wooded area in Ormond Florida, and I made this type system years ago. I have a 10000 gallon pool and a 40000 gallon pond on our property. We have enough fire hose to reach any part of our land. The fire house and nozzle can shoot water 70 to 100 feet away. It's a great system. Thank God we haven't had to use it yet. But we are prepared. Good luck over in California.

  • @OWK000
    @OWK000 Před 3 lety +6

    Then there will be no more pool water for the horse to jump into to survive.

  • @zanfyz1143
    @zanfyz1143 Před 3 lety +36

    clearly this didnt work during the gender reveal.

  • @cincomorales
    @cincomorales Před 3 lety

    Great job

  • @dnpxs
    @dnpxs Před 3 lety +2

    Title : "Pool Pump"
    Me after watching ross : *_flool plump_*

  • @Xykaru
    @Xykaru Před 3 lety +11

    Seriously I would just grab a shovel and dig a big ass trench around my house.

    • @ThatDamnPandaKai
      @ThatDamnPandaKai Před 3 lety +2

      Good luck. Fire doesn't follow the ground it attacks higher up.

    • @mic7265
      @mic7265 Před 3 lety

      Princess Lemmy but fire does follow its fuel so a trench could work if wide enough and properly maintained it’s highly unrealistic to put into action but possible

    • @riccardoz2953
      @riccardoz2953 Před 3 lety +1

      problems is the heat and the sparks flyiing way above ground. for sure if u are in isolated place and u can keep a non flammable area all around your house is a good idea. but usually isn't practical in the reality

    • @Xykaru
      @Xykaru Před 3 lety

      @@ThatDamnPandaKai there are people losing home simply because their grass is catching fire. Those people could get away with a simply trench

  • @Chris-qr7uz
    @Chris-qr7uz Před 3 lety +4

    Damn i dont own a pool!

  • @miamitreasurehunter
    @miamitreasurehunter Před 3 lety

    This is why you support Police and Fire Fighters!! They are our Heroes!!

  • @Elver7877
    @Elver7877 Před 3 lety

    Brilliant idea

  • @jaysidhu3313
    @jaysidhu3313 Před 3 lety +5

    its just a honda water pump on wheels with a long hose attached. total cost is probably around $600

  • @randomstopsign3935
    @randomstopsign3935 Před 3 lety +8

    People who don’t have pools: Guess I’ll die 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @hafiztariq4u21
    @hafiztariq4u21 Před 2 lety

    Good 👍 work

  • @srreventon
    @srreventon Před 3 lety

    Great idea!!!!!! I would add the special farm sprinckler nossle.... i have seen them...... all you would need is to set up 1 industrial farm sprinkler that shoots out 50feet plus and rotates on its own
    There was a gambler movie based in vegas were the guy from the show rossane was the money guy
    Tied the gambler to 1st base and turned on the baseball fields indistrial srpinkler to go over home plate

  • @Hardworkwork777
    @Hardworkwork777 Před 4 lety +10

    Why rent it for $300 per month when I can buy a similar version for less than $1,000?

    • @nationalcitysycho
      @nationalcitysycho Před 3 lety +1

      What are you talking about 1000? Harbor freight 250 home depot 300

    • @soldozer
      @soldozer Před 3 lety

      Don't ask questions, just open your wallet.

  • @335alien335
    @335alien335 Před 3 lety +4

    The comment section sure reveals a lot of misconceptions about what's involved in moving lots of water at lots of pressure. Trash pumps, sump pumps and pool pumps have the volume but not the pressure. Pressure washers have lots of pressure but little volume. It takes a good amount of horsepower to feed a fire hose properly.
    My fire pump is a 13 hp model, with a two-stage pump. It'll turn a 1 1/2" hose, with a proper nozzle, into something that's really tedious to hang on to. This thing will deliver 150 psi at perhaps 100 gallons a minute while doing this. Right now it's set up and ready to go, as I'm real close to the Bobcat fire. Though I have a fair bit invested in the system, I'm hoping I won't need to use it.

  • @Best-mx2of
    @Best-mx2of Před 2 lety

    This makes an amazing amount of sense.

    • @mondogecko01
      @mondogecko01 Před 6 měsíci

      Until you get the monthly bill.. Its a scam

  • @Skylersteel
    @Skylersteel Před 3 lety

    Outstanding

  •  Před 3 lety +11

    This is not his creation or idea??? People have been doing this for years. Whose going to prime the pump? What a joke

  • @Misfit636
    @Misfit636 Před 3 lety +3

    300$?!?!? A month no thank you I’m not gonna let that money just burn....

  • @Hunter225
    @Hunter225 Před 3 lety

    Awesome 👍

  • @withoutprejudice8301
    @withoutprejudice8301 Před 3 lety

    Go to harbour freight for the engine/pump ($350), and Orschelns/ TSC for suction and supply hoses.

  • @joethevlogger3742
    @joethevlogger3742 Před 3 lety +5

    Why is this getting recommended to me when there is a fire?

    • @Brandon-wi3vi
      @Brandon-wi3vi Před 3 lety +1

      The algorithm is working as intended now go buy your $300/mo pressure washer

  • @hpman2391
    @hpman2391 Před 3 lety +23

    Looks like a trash pump been around for long time nothing new

    • @ffjsb
      @ffjsb Před 3 lety +4

      That's NOT a trash pump. Those are low pressure, fire pumps are high pressure. But fire pumps have been around for decades too.

    • @cmj0929
      @cmj0929 Před 3 lety +2

      ffjsb it’s literally just a trash pump with a special hose on it

  • @davidodonnell207
    @davidodonnell207 Před 3 lety +1

    I thought of this idea 15 years ago I am a firefighter also

  • @VODZ
    @VODZ Před 4 lety

    Yea, I've seen people build these themselves. Very good idea for homeowners near wild fire areas.

  • @ShakespeareCafe
    @ShakespeareCafe Před 3 lety +4

    Will this work with a backyard kiddie pool?

    • @ODIN_xx
      @ODIN_xx Před 3 lety

      How bout a small bucket?

  • @lothean2099
    @lothean2099 Před 3 lety +3

    Yeah, they just gonna walk away from their house when they can put it out themselves. Lot of people gonna die playing firemen.

  • @stag3t-muspsa910
    @stag3t-muspsa910 Před 3 lety

    Great idea
    . Props.

  • @gregliautaud1474
    @gregliautaud1474 Před 2 měsíci

    The real work before the fire is clearing out all that beautiful forest fire fuel growing right up to your house.

  • @tylerchambers9976
    @tylerchambers9976 Před 4 lety +5

    Love you firefighters

  • @bigbuilder10
    @bigbuilder10 Před 3 lety +6

    To everyone saying its a rip off and cheaper to buy, you're completely right. Here's the same argument but from the side of business and capitalism:
    Buying the pump and hoses makes logical sense to someone who's worked with a screw driver before. If you've got a home in Malibu, or elsewhere in California, I highly doubt you've used a screw driver. Not to mention you'll most likely have that kind of disposable income lying around. To them, its some 'fancy' tech (or at least something they know firefighter will be able to use) that they can keep in their garage. Don't even need it year round. Just for the dry season. For them, its piece of mind and a lot cheaper than the insurance bill on replacing their vacation home.
    If that's not enough to get some celebrity or millionaire to rent it, I'm sure the company could advertise they donate a portion of the money to local fire stations.
    If you're willing to pay for a pool guy to come every few weeks and take the leaves out and put chlorine in the water, a maid to dust your shelves and sweep your floor, a gardener to mow your lawn and trim your bushes, you'll be willing to pay about the same monthly cost as those guys to have that reassurance you did what you could to save your property.

  • @DomingoDeSantaClara
    @DomingoDeSantaClara Před 3 lety

    A broom is a tenner, apparently we're supposed to sweep the forest floor...and it'll all go away,like a miracle.

  • @laker4life36
    @laker4life36 Před 3 lety

    Ingenious

  • @peace.404
    @peace.404 Před 3 lety +3

    They need to give them to homeowners strategically placed and put god on them so fireteams know where they are

    • @Brandon-wi3vi
      @Brandon-wi3vi Před 3 lety

      But that means less money for these swamp people, don’t you know you’re only worth saving if you have money

  • @JohnDoe-yq5bd
    @JohnDoe-yq5bd Před 3 lety +7

    It’s literally just a trash pump

  • @martinbaker707
    @martinbaker707 Před 3 lety

    These pumps have been available for 15 years and fire hose for 50+ years. Great research and reporting....

  • @HexJK
    @HexJK Před 3 lety +1

    For $300 a month, not bad if you plan only renting it for a month. But in cali where fires are practically a bi-yearly occurrence, you're better off just building one for around $1500, $1k of that is just for the hose. You could probably split the cost with your neighbors so they can use both of your pools with 1 generator, and install fire access gates between your yard fences (so they can move between your pools easier). Hell, you could probably have a permanent installation between the yards built into both pools.

  • @11BWarrior92
    @11BWarrior92 Před 3 lety +5

    Some how I feel like spraying heavily chlorinated water on a fire is bad idea.

    • @drewchorlton342
      @drewchorlton342 Před 3 lety +1

      Unless it’s concentrated chlorine you will be fine

  • @traceyoutube6876
    @traceyoutube6876 Před 3 lety +3

    Hope everyone realizes he's in an area where just about everyone there couldn't even change there own tire let alone build one of these...

  • @samjohnson1257
    @samjohnson1257 Před 3 lety

    as an avid DIY'er , i made my own system for a fraction of the cost: get a 2.5 HP Honda water pump (gas powered). Go to a pipe supply place for 100 ft of firehouse, an official nozzle purchased on Ebay for 90$, a 50 ft length of that green tubing that goes into our pond, and a filter screwed onto the end to keep junk from clogging it up. All in all, spent about 500-600$ and it's mine permanently.

    • @JS-zb1vv
      @JS-zb1vv Před 3 lety

      Wouldn’t even need a pump . Just put a valve at the pool pump to divert water from the pool to the hose . All pools have pumps . Maybe just run some underground pipes to the ends of the property to hook hoses to.

  • @nickm9993
    @nickm9993 Před 3 lety +1

    Hummm... lets see... in May I bought a de-commissioned 1984 Mack 4 Guys- Heavy Pumper for $2,500.00 (I offered scrap price) That's just over 8 months rent . It comes with wheels too. It has a 60,000 GVW, a 2,000 gal. stainless steel tank, a 1,500 gal. per minute 2 stage pump, and 9... yes 9... 2-1/2" outlets. I collect water off of the roof into a settling tank and it overflows into the inspection cover in the top of the tank. It's a blast to mess around with while knowing that you and your property have a fighting chance until the professionals show up. Yes, fire departments will give you old & outdated hose but good luck with nozzles and fittings. I now keep my original 2" transfer pump, that looks unusually similar to the rent-a-pump, in one of the side compartments on that Engine. FYI keep the pressure below 130psi when the wife is "training". Ha Ha Ha !

  • @darkquaesar2460
    @darkquaesar2460 Před 3 lety

    the firefighting equivalent of the self checkout line

  • @timetrialist
    @timetrialist Před 3 lety +2

    First you need a $50,000 pool to save your house

  • @reillyminecraft3949
    @reillyminecraft3949 Před 3 lety +1

    this video is so trippy and all over the place, damn

  • @mwjacko
    @mwjacko Před 3 lety

    Great! 🤛

  • @MrMarkguth
    @MrMarkguth Před 3 lety

    I’ve always figured that if I built in a fire prone area I’d set a similar system up by mounting high pressure irrigation system to the ridge caping of the roof and starting a pump as a last line of defence before evacuating .

  • @derek_37oo
    @derek_37oo Před 3 lety

    dam daniel back at it again with the smart ideas

  • @najkraemer3117
    @najkraemer3117 Před 3 lety

    I have one of those! its called a "bucket"!

  • @cutty-mg3kf
    @cutty-mg3kf Před 3 lety

    Thats a smart ideal as I sit here in my truck watching ash fall from the sky in Northern California!

  • @billnixon8334
    @billnixon8334 Před 4 lety

    Hello Jeff Vaughan, wondered where U ended up!! This is Bill from Sarnia, Ont. Canada! U were on Detroit ABC 7!! Hope all is well dude! Miss Ya!

  • @jasonharper2601
    @jasonharper2601 Před 3 lety

    you can use a gen-set and an outlet on the pool pump to hook a firehose to . then the water comes out of the bottom of the pool

  • @flyinghigh5031
    @flyinghigh5031 Před 3 lety

    Brilliant

  • @nanram588
    @nanram588 Před 3 lety

    Can someone tells me what is invented here?
    Becouse thats a pump that you buy on homedepot or lowes and the wheels 4 screws each pump and 1 hose to the pool and the other one to trow the water

  • @whiskey5jda
    @whiskey5jda Před 3 lety

    $3600/year for a fancy pump or save money and lower your insurance by thinning out the brush, trees, and vines. Also clean up the dead leaves, wood, and undergrowth and turn it into compost. It's a win/ win scenario. You in effect create a area around your house where the fires will slow down and you'll have some awesome fertilizer too.

  • @blakewillett4996
    @blakewillett4996 Před 3 lety +1

    holy shit this guy invented a pump, this new breaking technology is blowing my mind every single day!!

  • @beaboutitdonttalkaboutit8204

    Lmao as soon as she said 3,000 a month
    I think we can stick woth the old ways I’ll just wait on the fire truck 😂😂

  • @johnnyd5374
    @johnnyd5374 Před 3 lety

    Awesome

  • @kingkota2302
    @kingkota2302 Před 3 lety

    I just used one of these pump water put of a family members cistern

  • @conniepurnell4496
    @conniepurnell4496 Před 3 lety

    What a great idea, very clever 😁

  • @muckbone2085
    @muckbone2085 Před 3 lety

    Clever Idea!!!

  • @javierpereida7832
    @javierpereida7832 Před 3 lety

    Theres also something very similiar and cheaper called subpumps you down them into the bottom of the water with a hose attached and it pumps the water out and with good pressure too

  • @MarkyOfficial-di7so
    @MarkyOfficial-di7so Před 3 lety

    here in the philippines you can buy your own high pressure fire fighting pump ranging from 500$ to 1 grand

  • @bonniecheyennehina3694

    Just brillant.... I think it should come with the house when u buy it

  • @portorck18
    @portorck18 Před 3 lety +1

    Holly shit 300 a month thats insane

  • @tompleas8160
    @tompleas8160 Před 3 lety

    I would also have a sprinkler system on my roof to protect my house and have it ready in a moments notice. I like this idea.