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    • Hoselines & Water Appliances

    The Firehouse.com Hoselines & Water Appliances product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various fire service and firefighter hoselines and water appliances, including fire attack and forestry hoseslines, water supply hose, LDH, nozzles, couplings, adapters and fittings, standpipes, dry hydrants truck-mounted and portable master streams options.
    Photos by Shannon Hoffman
    Operations & Training

    Command & Control Success: Size Matters

    Curt Isakson
    April 23, 2024
    Curt Isakson provides numerous reasons why fireground commanders shouldn't choose the default size option when they select supply and attack hose.
    Photo courtesy of Chief Edward Mullen, Perth Amboy, NJ, Fire Department
    Lateral and vertical spread are concerns in these types of occupancies. Note the tin ceiling that’s installed above the drop-tile ceiling in this store.
    Operations & Training

    Fire Studies: Rules of Engagement for Strip Mall & Taxpayer Fires

    Michael Daley
    Oct. 16, 2023
    Michael Daley explains the particularly ways by which fires in these occupancies can injure and kill firefighters who work inside of them.
    Austin Daniels 3 28 23 New Bedford, Ma Apt Bldg Pic 8
    Operations & Training

    Hot Shots 9/23

    Firehouse Staff
    Oct. 16, 2023
    New Bedford, MA, Fire Department firefighters responded for a building fire with fire showing and people trapped.
    Sep 23 Volunteer View Author Pic
    Operations & Training

    Volunteer View: Proper Planning of Aid Agreements

    Justin Bailey
    Sept. 11, 2023
    Justin Bailey explains the six keys to establishing a mutual aid/automatic aid agreement.
    Matt Zmuda
    Matt Zmuda 6 16 23 Novi, Mi House Fire Pic 3
    Operations & Training

    Hot Shots 9/23

    Firehouse Staff
    Sept. 11, 2023
    Novi, MI, firefighters arrived to find heavy fire throughout the attic space of a 6,600-square-foot, single-family dwelling.
    Photo 2: A common box alarm response to an apartment building fire (four engines, two trucks, one squad, EMS and two chiefs). It’s critical that all apparatus be positioned for the maximum potential of an incident and where later-arriving apparatus will position based on required assessments.
    Operations & Training

    Command & Control Success: When to Deviate from Foundational Tactics

    Curt Isakson
    Aug. 7, 2023
    Curt Isakson urges fireground commanders, particularly those with county agencies, to prepare for circumstances that require "graduating beyond the basics of everyday firefighting...