The old saying, "putting the wet stuff on the red stuff" has built into it the huge assumption that the "wet stuff" will exit the nozzle with enough pressure to protect firefighters while ...
As with any maintenance requirement, the intent of small hose inspection and testing is to ensure that they will reliably operate properly when called upon, which is even more critical for emergency ...
The process of specifying and purchasing fire hose may seem simple, but it can get quite confusing and complicated when you start looking further into it. Over the past five years, I have been tasked ...
Waterway, the country's largest fire-hose testing Company is now able to serve Fire Departments, plants and refineries in Texas. Based close to Dallas/Fort Worth, the new franchise is being run by two ...
GREEN RIVER -- The Green River Volunteer Fire Department completed the task of the annual fire hose testing Thursday night, May 19. Green River Co-Chief Bill Robinson said annual hose testing is a ...
The special operations group of the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services is in the middle of testing 260,000 feet of fire hose this week. “Every stitch of hose in the county must be ...
FireCatt, a fire hose-testing company, visited the Willmar Fire Department to ensure the truck hoses are safe and working properly Monday afternoon in Willmar. FireCatt employee Miguel Wegienka tests ...
OLMSTED FALLS, Ohio -- When it comes to grant funding, the Olmsted Falls Fire Department remains active, putting in applications with its fingers crossed. The latest effort finds the city applying for ...
Indianapolis - Two Franklin Township firefighters were injured in a hose testing exercise Thursday morning. Sean Schembra, 29, was struck in the head by a broken coupling. Justin Goff, also 29, ...
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Citing a lack of evidence, Berkeley County’s prosecuting attorney is not pursuing charges against Martinsburg Fire Department’s former chief related to allegations of misleading ...