Operational tactics that might be employed to limit the damage caused by firefighting media include:
- Diverting or channelling water runoff; this can be improvised by rolling salvage sheets to create a trough
- Damming doorways to prevent water runoff entering unaffected rooms or parts of a premises
- Running hose up the outside of the building
- Inspecting dry rising mains leaks
- Replacing burst lengths of hose as quickly as possible
- Isolating sprinklers; this should be balanced against the need to ensure that a fire is appropriately contained and will not redevelop
- Using sheeting to protect contents from the elements and any firefighting water run-off, i.e. contaminated water