A car fire starts on the ninth level of a parking garage that is not equipped with a standpipe system. Fire apparatus cannot access the upper levels of the parking garage due to height restrictions. To attack the fire, firefighters stretch 100 feet of 1 3/4-inch hose equipped with a 125-gpm fog nozzle from the standpipe hose outlet on a quint's aerial platform. What is the quint's required pump
discharge pressure?
What will be an ideal response?
189 psi
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