Hose package
A hose package is an alternative variant of the hose carrying basket or the hose reel to fire hoses to carry and bring into use.
The main purpose of a hose package is to be able to quickly lay the hose reserve required for the operation.
variants
A hose package usually consists of a C-hose or two C-hoses, each 15 meters or 30 meters. The idea comes from the USA, where hose baskets are not common.
The hoses combined to form a hose package are tied together with straps and carried on the shoulder.
Hose package placed in bays
With this variant, the hose is simply folded to a length of approx. 1.5 meters. When transported on the shoulder, the hose can be laid (just like from a hose basket).
Hose package laid as a "coil"
The hose - starting from the outside and leading inwards - is laid to form a screw approx. 1.5 meters in diameter. A hollow jet pipe is already connected at the inner end. This hose package serves as a prepared hose reserve and saves the fire-fighting team the time and work of laying a hose reserve themselves.
The hose package is used in combination with hose baskets. The hose basket is connected to the distributor and the team proceeds with it up to the smoke limit. In the stairwell, he then connects the hose package to the line that has already been laid. After the water has been added, the hose package fills up and so-called "loops" are formed automatically. These loops can now be rolled into the apartment by the attack troop or dragged along as required. Some fire brigades use individual C-hoses with a length of 30 meters for the hose package in order to achieve a greater penetration depth into the fire object without an annoying and possibly stuck hose coupling.
Hose package placed in bays as a device for rapid water delivery
As an alternative to permanently installed hose reels with dimensionally stable pressure hoses D or C, C pressure hoses with a total length of 30 meters, which are laid in bays, are also used on fire engines of German fire departments. These offer cost and weight advantages compared to fixed rapid attack devices.
criticism
Advantages:
- Hose packages are lighter than hose baskets
- the jet pipe is already connected
- the hose reserve is laid more quickly
Disadvantage:
- a hose package contains fewer hoses than a hose basket
- the hose is twisted when it is tightened
Individual evidence
- ↑ Björn Lüssenheide: Improvement of the hose management (PDF file)
- ↑ Silvio Faulstich, Josef Helpenstein, "Behavior in internal attacks", fire department magazine (special issue 2008)
- ↑ Irakli West, Hose snails : Carrying basket, hose package, 2009, www.FwNetz.de
- ↑ Irakli West, experiments with STK, hose package and “coil” / spiral , 2009, www.FwNetz.de
- ↑ State Fire Brigade School Regensburg: Minimum equipment fire fighting vehicle LF 10 - Edition 11 / 2011. September 8, 2016, accessed on April 1, 2019 .