Care and Maintenance of Fire Hose Flashcards
The annual hose test will be in ___ of each year and is currently being done by an outside vendor.
April
In the event an outside vendor isn’t used to test the hose, it will be the duty of the ____ to coordinate between shift to decide which day during the month of April they want to conduct the test.
Station officers
1 3/4”, 2” and 3” fire hose will be tested at ___ psi for 5 minutes in lengths not to exceed 300 feet.
300 psi
4” and 5” fire hose will be tested at ___ psi for 5 minutes in lengths not to exceed 300 feet.
200 psi
After all hose has been tested at their station, the station officer will send an annual hose test report to the _____ stating the number of sections that failed the test.
Unit Operations Supervisor
Once a hose line is charged at freezing temperature, it____
must not be shut down until it is ready to be picked up.
When lines are to be picked up in frigid weather and there are several lines in the stree, take time to select the hose that is___
mostly on top of the others as the first one to pick up.
If the hoses are lying side by side, take up the hose nearest to the edge of the street.
Company officers will inventory the hose assigned to their apparatus on _____
the first Monday in the months of JAJO
1 3/4”, 2” and 3” couplings should be lubricated with
Graphite
4” and 5” couplings should have the rubber gasket lubricated with
Luberplate
Furnished by the maintenance shop.
Hose on engine companies, tank pumpers, hose tender, brush pumpers shall be marked on each section with the
apparatus designation
and
section number
for all hose with the exception for the booster hose.
Construction of hose is as follow 1 3/4”, 2” and 3”
Double polyester jacket, rubber lined, with lightweight extruded aluminum couplings
Construction of hose is as follows 4” and 5” ____
3 ply synthetic construction, rubber lined with stortz couplings
