What hose do you have on your apparatus?

[FireBuffMI]

What hose do you have on your apparatus?

-How many hose lines?
-What size?
-How long?
-Location?(bumper, crosslay, hosebed, etc.)
-What each line used for?(attack, backup, defensive, supply, etc.)
-How is it loaded?
If you have hose on apparatus other than the engine you can mention that too.


Some of this may be a bit obvious but im still in my learning stage so go easy on me.

-FireBuffMI

[FyredUp]

Volly FD:

All hose lines are flat loaded.

5 inch hose: Supply

2 engines with 1050'
1 engine with 1475'


3 inch hose: Supply, feeding an FDC, master streams, extending a 2 inch line

1 engine with 1000'
1 engine with 450'
1 engine with 600'


2 inch hose: fire attack

1 engine with:

2-300' crosslays over the pump
2-200' bumper crosslays on the front bumper
1-100 foot length attached to a 3 inch deadlay bed
1-100 length donut rolled and strapped in a compartment

1 engine with:

2-200 foot crosslays over the pump
1-300 foot length in the rear hose bed preconnected
1-100 foot length attached to a 3 inch deadlay bed
1-100 foot length bundled and thrown on top of the hose bed

1 engine with:

2-200 foot crosslays behind the cab
1-200 foot bumper preconnect
2-100 foot rolls in a compartment

[LaFireEducator]

(2) 200' 1.75" Crosslays TripleLoad
(1) 100' 1.75" Bumper line primarily for Vehicle Fires on custom cab engine only
(1) 200 2.50" Rear Preconnect Flat lay
(1) 200' Booster
600' 3" Rear Bed (Attack, Master Stream Supply, Sprinkler Supply or Water Supply)
800' 4" Rear Bed
200'-300' 1" Forestry Line Rolled in Compartments

Identical load for all 6 engines and 2 engine-tankers.

Brush truck carries (1) 200' booster line and 3-4 100' 1" Forestry bundles.

Tanker has (1) 200' booster reel and (2) 200' preconnects w/ 500' of 3" supply/attack line.

Quick Attack has (2) 200' booster reels, (1) 200' 1.75" attack line and 3-4 100' bundles of forestry line.

[Eng34FF]

We have:

200' 1 3/4" trash line on front bumper: horse shoe load
1 25' 6" front suction
2 200' 1 3/4" cross lays attack: minuteman load
300' 2" rear preconnect attack: flat load
250' 2 1/2" rear preconnect attack: flat load
2200' 3" supply line: flat load.
100' 1 3/4" standpipe pack

[ffmedcbk1]

Two Identical engines

1 Bumperload dual donuts 100 1.5" fog (trashline)
2 speedlays 300 ft. 1 3/4" with 15/16ths flatload with ears at 150' and 50'
1 crosslay 300 2.5" with 1 1/4" flatload with ears at 150' and 50'
Supply bed 1000 5" flatload
Short Soft suctions 5" x2 30 foot on either side of pump panel
Attack Bed 600' 2.5"/ 2x 100' 1.75 bundles w/ breakaparts and wyes/ 400' 3" to blitzfire

2 Quints (used as truck companies)
3 crosslays 200ft (1 - 2.5" and 2- 1.75") flatloads w/ sb
Supply hosebed 500' 5" / 300' 3"
Short suctions 5" 30 ft (one has it on the side and another has it on the front bumper/ donut rolled)
1 truck has a bumper line of 1.5" 100' w/ fog

[RoaddoggAK]

Twin engines: 1750 gpm, 1000 gal

Hose Bed:
1700' 5" in 2 beds capable of being dropped as single or double lay
300' 3" w/ Blitzfire preconnected
300' 3" w/ gated wye

Speedlays
4x 150" 1 3/4"
Crosslays
2 250' 3"

Quint: 110' tower, 2000 gpm, 500 gal
900' 5"
250' 3" handline in hosebed
4x 150' 1 3/4" crosslays
100' 3" Blitzfire line in bumper

[GTRider245]

Two 1 3/4" Crosslayes, 200 FT, Triple Layer Loaded
One 1 1/2" Bumper Line, 100 FT, Bumper Loaded
One 1 3/4" High Rise Pack, 100 FT, Celeveland Load
One 2 1/2" Pre-connect, 250 FT, Flat Loaded

Split hose bed with 1700 FT of 3" supply line.

200 FT of spare 3" Hose
200 FT of spare 1 1 3/4" Hose
Two 3" Squirrel Tails
One 5" Soft Suction

Crosslayes are attack and backup, bumper line is car fires. 2 1/2" preconnect is set up with a gated-y to extend smaller lines.

[FireBuffMI]

Thanks for the replies so far. I may be showing my ignorance but whats a speedlay? Is it like a crosslay or is different?


-FireBuffMI

[GTRider245]

To me, speedlay and crosslay is the same thing. Any line that can be deployed in a hurry.

I could be wrong though.

[FyredUp]

To me, speedlay and crosslay is the same thing. Any line that can be deployed in a hurry.

I could be wrong though.

Technically a crosslay is a preconnected transverse hosebed over the pump. Although you will find crosslays on the front bumper on some rigs. My volly rig pictured on my avatar is an example of that.

Speedlays are vertically stacked transvrese preconnects usually located at the front of a top mount pump panel. Although you will see them slid into the body on occasion where the hose is loaded in removable trays. The tray are removed for loading of hose and then slid back into the body.

Hope this helps.

[FireBuffMI]

Speedlays are vertically stacked transvrese preconnects usually located at the front of a top mount pump panel. Although you will see them slid into the body on occasion where the hose is loaded in removable trays. The tray are removed for loading of hose and then slid back into the body.

Kinda like this?

[FyredUp]

Kinda like this?

Exactly.

Although that rig also has a crosslay bed. Most likely for 2 1/2 inch hose.

[DeathValleyCap]

supply: 800' 5 inch
600' 3 inch

attack: 400' 3 inch
2 each minuteman crosslays 150' 1.75inch
1 front bumper 100' 1.75 inch
2 each 100' 1.75 hi rise pack

[ADSNWFLD]

Addison has 5 engines all the same:
1 200' preconnected 1 3/4" with chief nozzle 175 @ 75 with 15/16 stub tip
1 100' preconnected 1 3/4" trash line with 125 gpm combination nozzle
Rear beds:
2 800' beds of 3" one finished with a 2 1/2 skid 100' long with 250 gpm combination nozzle and the other bed finished with 1 3/4 150' long skid with chief nozzle
We carry a spare 1.75 and 2.5 skid also.

[Firedog1979]

Off the tail board: 1000' of 4"; 1 bed each of of 1 3/4" and 2 1/2", both contain 450'. And bundles of 1 3/4" and 2 1/2" for manifold and standpipe ops that can either be shoulder loaded or dropped in the street.

Crosslays - 300' each of 2 1/2" and 1 3/4" dead lays.

We typically pull past the fire and use the rear beds first. Crosslays are used for the second line off.

[onlocation]

ENGINE 1&2: 1500'-5" supply; (2)400' of 1 3/4"crosslays(triple layed); (1)400 2 1/2"(flat layed); (1)100' bumper trash line

ENGINE 3: same as above minus the bumper line

RESCUE ENGINE: 1000'-5" supply; (2)400' of 1 3/4"crosslays; (2)400' flat lays out rear w/one set up with wye for piercing nozzle and propack; (1)2 1/2"(flat layed)

BRUSH 1,2,&3: (1)100'reel of 1" redline, whip-lines in bed(yes, we ride); 4 sections of donuted 1 1/2"

TANKER 1&2: (1)100'reel of 1" redline; mixed assortment of 1 1/2", 1 3/4", & 2 1/2" and fittings/adapters to go to just about anything

[FireBuffMI]

Thanks for all the replies. They were helpful.

-FireBuffMI

[erik3911]

2- 200' 1 3/4 preconnects
1-150' 1 3/4 preconnect
1-100' 1 3/4 preconnect bumper line

1-200' 2 1/2 preconnect

1-200' 3 inch leader line with water thief

1800' of 3 inch supply line accordian laid / split bed

1-100' hi rise pack

1-200' hi rise pack

Also a 200' 1 inch booster line

[CapnScott]

Engine:

600' of 5 inch supply line in rear hose bed

Four crosslays: 150' of 1 3/4, 200' of 1 3/4, 150' of 2 1/2 w/nozzle, 150' of 2 1/2 w/out nozzle

Spare rolls of 1 3/4 and 2 1/2 in compartments

Tanker:

Four crosslays same as above plus spare rolls in compartment

Grass/EMS truck:

100' preconnect of 1 3/4

50' 1" booster on electric reel

1000' of 3" supply line to lay into engine

spare rolls in cabinets

[Capt7215]

All 3 of our engines have (2) 1 3/4" 200' crosslays, 400' 2 1/2" on rear, 600' 3" on rear & 600' 5" supply off the rear. First out & Rescue-engine have 25' & 50' "cheater" sections of 5", third out has 50' cheater.

First out engine has 200' 2 1/2" crosslay & 200' 1 3/4" front bumper line. Also has a 150' 1 3/4" bundle to be used to extend a crosslay or with a wye off 2 1/2" or 3" line for extended stretches.

Rescue engine has 150' 1 3/4" front bumper line.

Third out engine has a 200' 1" booster line in compartment above the back step.

5" is our normal supply line but 3" is used for certain situations like on the interstate (through strategically placed holes in the noise barrier walls) or cross connecting to another engine.