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Pierce Pumper / 3-3
OPERATION
3-2. Hose
3-2.1 Hose Storage
The hose is stored in:
•
Body Compartments
• Bumper Compartments
• Cross-Lay Trays
• Speed-Lay Trays
• Hose Beds
• Reels
• Hose Chutes
Evaluate each way of storing hose. Determine the most efficient and safest way to pack hose for your fire
department's use.
3-2.2 Hose Restraint
This vehicle may be provided with a means to store water hose. Anytime hose is stored on this vehicle it must be
restrained to ensure that it does not fall out of its storage area while the vehicle is in motion. NFPA standards state
that
“any hose storage area shall be equipped with a positive means to prevent unintentional deployment of the hose
from the top, sides, front, and rear of the hose storage area while the apparatus is underway in normal operations.”
Fire departments and manufacturers have developed various methods of preventing inadvertent deployment,
including fully enclosed hose bed covers, buckled straps, hook-and-loop straps, fabric covers, webbing mesh, wind
deflectors, and other material restraints or combination of restraints.
Operational methods vary between fire departments, and methods of restraining the hose may vary as a result.
Whether you use the hose restrain feature provided with your apparatus, or develop your own means, it is your
responsibility to ensure that whatever method you employ will adequately restrain the hose in those working
environment the apparatus will be exposed to. Always restrain the hose properly before placing the vehicle in
motion.
3-2.3 Hose Chutes
Some aerial apparatus have a hose “chute.” The chute guides the hose from the hose bed around the aerial
turntable, then out the back of the vehicle.
NEVER pack hose in the hose chute, because that can cause snagging and snarling.
Entanglement Hazard
Secure hose and other equipment before placing vehicle in motion.
Loose hose may drag behind vehicle and injure or kill.
Hose restraints (nets, doors, webbing, ropes, etc.) must be used to secure the hoses after repacking.
Failure to comply may result in hoses deploying while the vehicle is in motion, causing injury to
bystanders and/or damage to equipment.