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Knight Division TacticalDoes KDT provide water tenders for wildfires?
Water Tenders (Support & Tactical)
Yes.
KDT provides staffed water tenders, support and tactical, in NWCG Type 1, 2 and 3 sizes, to keep engines filled, supply sprinkler kits, run dust abatement and fill tanks on wildfire incidents.
Typical configuration
- Support Type 1 (NWCG standard)
- 4,000+ gal tank, 300 gpm at 50 psi, refills in 30 min
- Support Type 2 (NWCG standard)
- 2,500+ gal tank, 200 gpm at 50 psi, refills in 20 min
- Support Type 3 (NWCG standard)
- 1,000+ gal tank, 200 gpm at 50 psi, refills in 15 min
- Tactical Type 1 (NWCG standard)
- 2,000+ gal tank, 250 gpm at 150 psi, pump and roll
- Tactical Type 2 (NWCG standard)
- 1,000+ gal tank, 250 gpm at 150 psi, pump and roll
- Crew
- Operators on support tenders, crew on tactical tenders, scaled to the order
- All tenders
- Prime and pump from a 10 ft lift; tactical tenders carry a foam proportioner
- Fill
- Hydrant, draft with hard suction, or from another tank
Engines run dry fast, and on a lot of fires the nearest hydrant is miles away. A water tender hauls water to the fire: it fills engines, drops into a fold-a-tank at a water point, feeds sprinkler kits on structures and wets down roads and camp for dust. NWCG splits tenders into two kinds. Support tenders haul and transfer water. Tactical tenders also pump while moving and can work directly on the fire like a large engine.
KDT supplies tenders with their operators, sized by NWCG type from about 1,000 to 4,000+ gallons. They work under the incident's operations or logistics side, run inside the safety and communications plans, and come with the hose and fittings to fill from hydrants, drafts or tanks.
Available as
- Support water tenders, Type 1, 2 or 3
- Tactical water tenders, Type 1 or 2
- Water tenders for dust abatement on roads and camps
- Tender with fold-a-tank for a water point
What's included
- Operator (support) or crew (tactical)
- Hard suction, fill hose and fittings
- Fuel, maintenance and daily inspection
- PPE, radios and fire shelters on the line
Where it's used
- Refilling engines on the line
- Supplying water points and fold-a-tanks
- Feeding structure protection sprinkler kits
- Dust abatement on incident roads and base camp
- Direct attack and holding (tactical tenders)
Questions, answered.
Does KDT provide water tenders for wildfires?
Yes. We supply staffed support and tactical water tenders in NWCG Type 1, 2 and 3 sizes for engine refills, water points, structure protection and dust abatement.
What is the difference between a support and a tactical water tender?
A support tender hauls and transfers water. A tactical tender can also pump while moving and work directly on the fire, and comes with its crew.
How big is a Type 1 water tender?
An NWCG Type 1 support tender carries 4,000+ gallons with a 300 gpm pump rated at 50 psi. A Type 1 tactical tender carries 2,000+ gallons and pumps 250 gpm at 150 psi.
Is a water tender the same as a potable water truck?
No. Fire water tenders carry non-potable water. For drinking water in camp we bring a dedicated potable water truck.
Need it on your incident? Say the word.
Add it to your request with anything else you need, then send it all at once. We'll come back with what we can put where, and when.