Older fire hoses consist of a cotton jacket and a rubber liner, Hynes said. Nowadays, most hoses have a polyester jacket and an inner liner of synthetic rubber. Surplus hose has no real monetary ...

A leading fire safety researcher is sounding the alarm over faulty fire hoses, warning that the popular lightweight version — similar to the one that burned in a Beacon Street blaze that kill… ...

NAFH's new hose is the D-BAK 800—or Dura Built Anti Kink-brand hose—which the firm claims is 35 percent more kink-resistant when compared to competitive brand fire hose products. The company said the ...

Englewood will spend another $600,000 a year to keep fire marshal duties in the hands of former Englewood Fire Chief Laura Herblan and her staff rather than confer those responsibilities to Denver.

The hose pack for a light and mobile fire attack used in recon operations is constructed from three sections of 1¾” lightweight double-jacketed hose configured like the DFD’s high-rise packs ...

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Many departments changed their high-rise packs to 1 ¾” hose in the 1980s. Unfortunately, the standpipes that supply the water for high-rise firefights are designed for 2 ½” hose.

Oxgut, whose name honors the first fire hoses of ancient Greece, which were made from ox intestines, came to life after its successful monthlong Kickstarter campaign raised $30,175 in August.

The Big Four to produce a quality fire stream are a pump, water, hose and a nozzle. All of these are equally important. Pump and onboard water supply.