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Whether you are a seasoned firefighter or a rookie, you will want to stay in touch with your fire hose training. FETN's Hose training will review some techniques for storing, packing, and deploying fire hose. From different rolls, different ways to pack hose and different finishes, hose training will allow you to maximize the use of hose in your department. Many departments use hose differently and some practical examples of hose deployment are demonstrated.
The care and maintenance of hose is explained, and some of the ways the fire hose may be damaged is explained. Using everyday terminology, the use of tools, appliances and other basic hose fundamentals are reviewed.
Hose Training Benefits
- Identify types of hose loads and advantages of each.
- Determine the proper size for an attack line and a backup line based upon the size of the fire incident and method of suppression to be used.
- Techniques for using an initial attack line to get the most impact upon arrival at the fire scene.
- Utilize the proper nozzle pattern for the right fire that may be encountered.
- Understand the method for calculating friction loss/gain for heights.
- Calculate the flow, friction loss and engine pressure for the solid bore tip monitor line when the first water is applied through a fog nozzle on a fixed deck gun.
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Hose Training Courses
- Advancing Hand Lines, Part 1
- Advancing Hose Lines, Part 2
- Back to Basics: Handling Attack Lines and Fire Streams, Part 1
- Back to Basics: Handling Attack Lines and Fire Streams, Part 2
- Back to Basics: Hose, Part 1
- Back to Basics: Hose, Part 2
- Class A Foam and Compressed Air Foam
- Fire Service Hydraulics Rules of Thumb: Part 1
- Fire Service Hydraulics Rules of Thumb: Part 2
- Fire Service Hydraulics Rules of Thumb: Part 3
- Hoseline Tactics
- How to Conquer Subordinate Counseling
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