Fire Hose Basics
Fire Hose Tools and Appliances - Basic Information - Couplings - Rolls

Only used for firefighting, smooth lining and durable material
Outer jacket can be made out of cotton
Must be able to withstand high presure with a minimal loss of water
4 Classifications
Woven jacket - Attack
Rubber Covered -
Braided - Boosters and Extinguishers
Wrapped

Different sizes = different purposes
length of hose sometimes called 'sections'

Mechanical, thermal and chemical damage present to fire hoses
Hoses should be washed to the material standards

Woven hoses should be rinsed and brushed out. If oil, used mild soap and detergent
Rubber type hoses and synthetic type hoses can be put back without drying
After cleaning and drying hoses must be put in racks

Fire house couplings;
Couplings made out of durable alloys such as brass, aluminum and magnesium
Threaded couplings are 3 - 5 pieces

Screw type couplings may have Higby cuts to prevent crossthreading
You can tighten connections by hand or spanner wrench

stores type couplings have no female or male lugs, they interlock with 1/3 turns

Expansion ring gaskets are used at the end of the hose where it is expanded into the coupling

The swivel gasket should be tested regularly for gasket defects. squeeze it and let go to see if it returns to its original shape

Couplings can be ruined if threads get damaged or the swivel get bent
Carry couplings, avoid dragging or dropping them
Examine couplings, remove gasket and clean regularly, remove gasket and clean the threads.

Hose appliances and tools
Appliances - Devices that water flow through.
Valve devices allow split a line or allow two
A syamese appliance is the opposite of a Y line, forms two together to form a larger discharge
A variety of hydrant valves

Reducers
Allow a smaller hose line to be adapted to a larger one
Elbows change dirction of flow
hose caps close off male couplings

Hose tools;
Do not ahve water flowing through them
Hose rollers or hoists
Hose clamps that close flow within a hose line
Hydrant wrenches used to remove caps from hydrants
Ruber mallet
Hose ramp
Chaving blocks
hose straps and ropes used to carry and pull firehoses useful for also handling pressurized hoses

Three hose roll methods

Straight roll-- start at one end usually male coupling and rolling to the other end. when finished the female end is exposed and the male is at the center
Donut roll - When finished both ends are at the outside of the roll. Start the roll five or six feet from the center, rolling towards the female end. leave enough room in the center for carrying
The self locking twin donut roll