1. State of Georgia BASIC FIRE FIGHTER TRAINING COURSE
FIRE HOSE, STREAMS, AND APPLIANCES

2. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
FIRE STREAM
A stream of water or other extinguishing agent from the time it leaves the nozzle or other discharge orifice until it reaches the desired point in the proper configuration
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3. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
TYPE OF FIRE STREAMS
Solid Stream
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4. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
TYPE OF FIRE STREAMS
Broken Stream
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5. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
TYPE OF FIRE STREAMS
Fog Stream
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6. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
TYPE OF FIRE STREAMS
Straight Stream
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7. NOZZLE TYPES Solid Stream
Hand line
50 psi
Master stream
80 psi
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8. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
NOZZLE TYPES Fog
Adjustable Gallonage
100 psi
Constant Gallonage
100 psi
Automatic
100 psi
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9. NOZZLE TYPES Special Stream
Piercing
Cellar
Distributor
Foam Application
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10. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
Flexible tube used by fire fighters to carry water under pressure from the source of supply to the point of discharge
Fire hose is generally classified by its size and construction
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11. FIRE HOSE Construction
Materials
Construction
Lining
Couplings
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12. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
FIRE HOSE Size
¾”, 1”
small fires
1½”, 1¾”, 2”, & 2½”
attack lines
2½”, 3”, 4”, 5” and larger
supply of pumpers, sprinkler systems, master streams, etc. under pressure
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13. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
FIRE HOSE Care
Cleaning
Drying
Should NOT dry fire hose on hot pavement
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14. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
HOSE COUPLING Parts
shank
Female
Male
swivel
lug
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15. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
HOSE COUPLING
Higbee Indicator
Higbee Cut
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16. HOSE APPLIANCES AND TOOLS Definitions
Hose Appliance - a device used in conjunction with fire hose through which water will flow
Hose Fitting - a device used to connect fire hoses of different sizes or thread types
Hose Tool - a device used in conjunction with fire hose through which water does NOT flow
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17. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
HOSE APPLIANCES Wye
Water Thief
Gated Wye
(Leader Line Wye)
Plain Wye
Siamese
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18. HOSE APPLIANCES Adapters
Double Male
Double Female
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19. HOSE APPLIANCES Reducer
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20. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
HOSE TOOLS
Hose clamp
Hose hoist
Hose jacket
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21. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
HOSE TOOLS
Hydrant Wrench
Spanner Wrenches
Rope Hose Tool
&
Strap Hose Tool
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22. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
HOSE LOADS Supply Line
Accordion Load
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23. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
HOSE LOADS Supply Line
Horseshoe Load
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24. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
HOSE LOADS Supply Line
Flat Load
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25. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
HOSE LOADS Attack Line
Flat Load
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26. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
HOSE LOADS Attack Line
Triple Layer Load
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27. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
HOSE ROLLS
Straight Roll
(storage roll)
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28. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
HOSE ROLLS
Donut Roll
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29. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
HOSE ROLLS
Twin Donut Roll
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30. COUPLING FIRE HOSE Methods
Foot-tilt
Two Fire Fighter
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31. UNCOUPLING FIRE HOSE Methods
Knee-press
Stiff-arm
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32. Accordion Shoulder Carry
HOSE CARRIES
Accordion Shoulder Carry
Shoulder Loop Carry
Street Drag
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33. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
EXTENDING HOSELINE
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34. REPLACING BURST HOSE SECTION
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35. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
NOZZLE OPERATION
Closed
Open
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36. NOZZLE OPERATION Pattern Adjustment
Grasp pattern adjustment control located at tip of the nozzle
Rotate clockwise for straight stream and counter-clockwise for fog pattern
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37. NOZZLE OPERATION Flow Adjustment
Grasp flow selector ring located between bale and pattern adjustment control
Rotate ring until desired flow setting aligns with the indicator (arrow, notch, dot, etc.)
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38. Fire Hose, Appliances and Streams
WATER HAMMER
Surge in pressure in hose lines and piping resulting from the rapid opening or closing of nozzles or other valves, hose clamps, etc.
Often causes a sound much like a hammer striking a metal pipe
May be prevented by opening and closing nozzles, valves and hose clamps slowly
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39. ADVANCING HOSELINE Into A Structure
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40. ADVANCING HOSELINE Up A Ladder
Uncharged
Charged
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41. OPERATING A NOZZLE From A Ladder
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42. ADVANCING HOSELINE Stairway
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Ú Down Ú
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43. ADVANCING HOSELINE Standpipe
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