1. HOSE HANDLING

2. PURPOSE
Understand the hose team organizations and the responsibilities for each position

3. OBJECTIVES Understand team/group concept
Terminology of hose teams, attack teams and attack groups
Understand the role of each member of hose team, attack team and attack group
The commands for moving teams and groups
Uses of master streams

4. TEAM / GROUP RESPONSIBILITIES
A ONE FOR ALL , ALL FOR ONE
Common goal to SAFELY execute your role
Communication is the key to having successful team work and control
Properly and promptly execute your individual responsibilities
Recognize and compensate for weak links
All positions are equally important

5. HOSE TEAMS, ATTACK TEAMS AND ATTACK GROUPS

6. HOSE TEAM Consists of: Nozzle person No. 2 person A Kinker
Defensive operation such as equipment cooling, holding fuel in a given area, safety lines, etc.

7. ATTACK TEAM Hose team plus specific leader
Offensive fire activities such as blocking valves on small fires, actively pushing burning fuel to a more desirable location

8. ATTACK GROUP Attack team plus a hose team
Offensive fire activities such as blocking valve fires that surpass the capability of an attack team
A very powerful offensive unit under the direction of a skilled and insightful leader
All members must be positioned on the inside of the hose for SAFETY

9. TEAM MEMBERS ROLES
Leader
Nozzle Person
No. 2 Person
Kinker

10. LEADER Responsible for all actions of the team or group
Safety of the entire team or group
Cooling, control, isolation and extinguishment

11. LEADER Controls team or group movements Water control commands
Pattern commands
Pattern ranges
Hose movements commands
Nozzle movements commands

12. LEADER Gives correct, clear, loud commands
Ensure slow & accurate nozzle adjust. are made
Be opportunistic, assertive and aggressive
Being mobile
Delegate areas of responsibility to individual hose teams

13. NOZZLE PERSON
Correct placement of water streams & nozzle pattern adjustments
Relaying commands & leader communications
Visual attentiveness to changes in the fire situation
Functional leader of the hose team

14. No. 2 PERSON Supporting about 80% of the nozzle reaction
Relaying commands & communications
Visual attentiveness to changes in the fire situation
Requests relief when necessary

15. KINKER Continuity of the water supply
Acknowledge commands and communications
Keeping the hose in straight alignment with direction of travel
Ensuring smooth hose movements
Visual attentiveness to changes in the fire situation

16. TEAM MOVEMENT COMMANDS
Prepare to advance
Prepare to back out
Prepare to side step left
Prepare to side step right
Prepare to pivot left
Prepare to pivot right

17. NOZZLE MOVEMENT COMMANDS
Tip up - Tip down
Tip left - Tip right
Raise the hose
Lower the hose
Extend hose
Retract hose
ALL COMMANDS MUST BE RELAYED BACK AND ACKNOWLEDGED

18. LOSS OF WATER Everyone must shout “LOSS WATER”
Nozzle person on live hose, go to full fog
Nozzle person on dead hose, close nozzle valve
Kinker on dead hose, determine water loss
Kinker on live hose must kink for both lines
Leader will guide dead hose group to protection
Leader will supervise an orderly back out
ACTIONS MUST OCCUR IMMEDIATELY

19. MASTER STREAMS
PROVIDE LARGE QUANTITIES OF WATER FOR DEFENSIVE FIRE FIGHTING ACTIVITIES
Cooling exposures
Controlling the fire intensity
Buying time

20. USING MASTER STREAMS
Master Streams are typically used for defensive fire fighting activities.
The Key to using master streams is that they reach the intended target.
It is difficult to be able to see where the stream is landing from the nozzle.
Have someone (spotter) away from the nozzle evaluate the effectiveness of the stream.

21. TYPES of MASTER STREAMS
Fixed turrets, around process areas
Portable turrets, fire trucks, elevated streams

22. TYPES of MASTER STREAMS
Hose controllers, a bracket for a 2 1/2” or 3” hose to fit in and used as a portable turret
Kelly loop, a method of looping a 2 1/2” or 3” hose under itself and controlled by one ERT member

23. QUESTIONS ?