FIRE HOSE, STREAMS, AND APPLIANCES

FIRE STREAM
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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

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

TYPE OF FIRE STREAMS
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Solid Stream

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

TYPE OF FIRE STREAMS
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Broken Stream

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

TYPE OF FIRE STREAMS
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Fog Stream

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

TYPE OF FIRE STREAMS
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Straight Stream

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

NOZZLE TYPES
Solid Stream
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Hand line Master stream

50 psi 80 psi

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

 NOZZLE TYPES
Fog
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Adjustable Gallonage
100 psi Constant Gallonage
100 psi

Automatic
100 psi
Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
 NOZZLE TYPES
Special Stream
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Piercing

Distributor
Cellar
Foam Application

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

FIRE HOSE
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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 Hose, Appliances and Streams

 FIRE HOSE
Construction
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Materials
Construction
Lining
Couplings

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

FIRE HOSE
Size
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, 1
small fires
1, 1, 2, & 2
attack lines
2, 3, 4, 5 and larger
supply of pumpers, sprinkler systems,
master streams, etc. under pressure

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

FIRE HOSE
Care
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Cleaning
Drying
Should
NOT dry fire hose on hot
pavement

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

HOSE COUPLING
Parts
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shank

lug

swivel
Female Male

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

HOSE COUPLING
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Higbee Indicator

Higbee Cut

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

 HOSE APPLIANCES AND TOOLS
Definitions
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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

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

HOSE APPLIANCES
Wye
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Water Thief

Gated Wye Plain Wye

(Leader Line Wye)

Siamese
Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
HOSE APPLIANCES
Adapters
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Double Male Double Female

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

HOSE APPLIANCES
Reducer
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Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

HOSE TOOLS
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Hose clamp

Hose jacket
Hose hoist

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

HOSE TOOLS
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Hydrant Wrench

Spanner Wrenches

Rope Hose Tool

&
Strap Hose Tool

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

HOSE LOADS
Supply Line
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Accordion Load
Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
HOSE LOADS
Supply Line
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Horseshoe Load
Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
HOSE LOADS
Supply Line
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Flat Load
Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
 HOSE LOADS
Attack Line
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Flat Load

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

 HOSE LOADS
Attack Line
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Triple Layer Load

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

HOSE ROLLS
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Straight Roll
(storage roll)

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

HOSE ROLLS
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Donut Roll

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

HOSE ROLLS
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Twin Donut Roll

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

COUPLING FIRE HOSE
Methods
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Two Fire Fighter

Foot-tilt

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

UNCOUPLING FIRE HOSE
Methods
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Stiff-arm

Knee-press

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

HOSE CARRIES
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Accordion Shoulder
Carry
Shoulder Loop
Street Drag
Carry
Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
EXTENDING HOSELINE
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Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

REPLACING BURST HOSE SECTION
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Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

NOZZLE OPERATION
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Closed Open

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

 NOZZLE OPERATION
Pattern Adjustment
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Grasp pattern adjustment control

located at tip of the nozzle

Rotate clockwise for straight stream

and counter-clockwise for fog
pattern

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

 NOZZLE OPERATION
Flow Adjustment
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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.)

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

WATER HAMMER
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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

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

 ADVANCING HOSELINE
Into A Structure
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Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

 ADVANCING HOSELINE
Up A Ladder
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Uncharged
Charged

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

 OPERATING A NOZZLE
From A Ladder
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Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

 ADVANCING HOSELINE
Stairway
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Up
Down

Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams

 ADVANCING HOSELINE
Standpipe
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Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams