FIRE HOSE, STREAMS, AND APPLIANCES State of Georgia BASIC FIRE FIGHTER TRAINING COURSE.

FIRE HOSE, STREAMS, AND APPLIANCES

State of GeorgiaBASIC FIRE FIGHTER TRAINING COURSE

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams2

FIRE STREAM

A stream of water or other extinguishing agent from the time it leaves the nozzle or other discharge orifice until it reaches the desired point in the proper configuration


TYPE OF FIRE STREAMS

Solid Stream



Broken Stream



Fog Stream



Straight Stream


NOZZLE TYPES Solid Stream

Hand line 50 psi

Master stream 80 psi


NOZZLE TYPESFog

Constant Gallonage100 psi

Automatic 100 psi

Adjustable Gallonage 100 psi


NOZZLE TYPES Special Stream

Foam Application

Piercing

Distributor

Cellar


FIRE HOSE

Flexible tube used by fire fighters to carry water under pressure from the source of supply to the point of discharge

Fire hose is generally classified by its size and construction


FIRE HOSEConstruction

Materials

Construction

Lining

Couplings


FIRE HOSESize

¾”, 1”– small fires

1½”, 1¾”, 2”, & 2½”– attack lines

2½”, 3”, 4”, 5” and larger– supply of pumpers, sprinkler systems,

master streams, etc. under pressure


FIRE HOSE Care

Cleaning

Drying • Should NOT dry fire hose on hot

pavement


Female Male

shank

lug

swivel

HOSE COUPLINGParts


Higbee Cut

Higbee Indicator

HOSE COUPLING


HOSE APPLIANCES AND TOOLSDefinitions

Hose Appliance - a device used in conjunction with fire hose through which water will flow

Hose Fitting - a device used to connect fire hoses of different sizes or thread types

Hose Tool - a device used in conjunction with fire hose through which water does NOT flow


Siamese

HOSE APPLIANCESWye

Water Thief

Gated Wye(Leader Line Wye)

Plain Wye


HOSE APPLIANCESAdapters

Double Male Double Female


HOSE APPLIANCES Reducer


HOSE TOOLS

Hose hoist

Hose clamp

Hose jacket


HOSE TOOLS

Hydrant Wrench

Spanner Wrenches

Rope Hose Tool&

Strap Hose Tool


HOSE LOADSSupply Line

Accordion Load



Horseshoe Load



Flat Load


HOSE LOADSAttack Line

Flat Load


HOSE LOADSAttack Line

Triple Layer Load


HOSE ROLLS

Straight Roll(storage roll)


HOSE ROLLS

Donut Roll


HOSE ROLLS

Twin Donut Roll


Foot-tilt

Two Fire Fighter

COUPLING FIRE HOSE Methods


Stiff-arm

Knee-press

UNCOUPLING FIRE HOSE Methods


HOSE CARRIES

Shoulder Loop Carry

Accordion Shoulder Carry

Street Drag


EXTENDING HOSELINE


REPLACING BURST HOSE SECTION


NOZZLE OPERATION

Closed Open


Grasp pattern adjustment control located at tip of the nozzle

NOZZLE OPERATIONPattern Adjustment

Rotate clockwise for straight stream and counter-clockwise for fog pattern


NOZZLE OPERATIONFlow Adjustment

Grasp flow selector ring located between bale and pattern adjustment control

Rotate ring until desired flow setting aligns with the indicator (arrow, notch, dot, etc.)


WATER HAMMER

Surge in pressure in hose lines and piping resulting from the rapid opening or closing of nozzles or other valves, hose clamps, etc.

Often causes a sound much like a hammer striking a metal pipe

May be prevented by opening and closing nozzles, valves and hose clamps slowly


ADVANCING HOSELINEInto A Structure


ADVANCING HOSELINEUp A Ladder

UnchargedCharged


OPERATING A NOZZLEFrom A Ladder


ADVANCING HOSELINEStairway

Down Up


ADVANCING HOSELINEStandpipe

FIRE HOSE, STREAMS, AND APPLIANCES State of Georgia BASIC FIRE FIGHTER TRAINING COURSE.

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