There are many ways to pack and deploy the front bumper preconnect handline on your apparatus. Here is a versatile, easy-to-pack, and easy-to-stretch system based on a tried and true method.
Hose and, more specifically the preconnect, is the most common fire attack tool used in the fire service. Brian Zaitz offers some insights on this foundational tool.
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After using the flat load for years, the author decided to place loops at the first two couplings to pull the nozzle and coupling together, resulting in a smooth stretch and an easily flaked attack line. BRANDON BURNETT
Next to emergency medical services equipment, preconnected hoselines are probably the most used equipment on the engine. Yet, when designing and specifying new apparatus, we put preconnects and (especially) crosslays usually where they will fit or where we always put them-on top of the pump module.
One way to make firefighters' lives easier in terms of spotting a hydrant at fire calls: Use a preconnected, 50-foot long soft suction line to hook up to hydrants. Paul Shapiro talks about the advantages of this approach.
The more time a fire department spends developing an easier and more efficient method for loading preconnected attack lines, the less time it will take to deploy the lines at the emergency scene.
The 1¾-inch preconnect is the mainstay of the modern fire service. For most jurisdictions around the country, it is the initial attack line pulled for up to 80 to 90 percent of our fires.
The 1¾-inch preconnect is the mainstay of the modern fire service. For most jurisdictions around the country, it is the initial attack line pulled for up to 80 to 90 percent of our fires.