HOSE HANDLING

PURPOSE

• Understand the hose team organizations and the responsibilities for each position

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

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

HOSE TEAMS, ATTACK TEAMS AND ATTACK GROUPS

• Hose Team

• Attack Team

• Attack Group

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.

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

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

TEAM MEMBERS ROLES

• Leader

• Nozzle Person

• No. 2 Person

• Kinker

LEADER

• Responsible for all actions of the team or group

• Safety of the entire team or group

• Cooling, control, isolation and extinguishment

LEADER

Controls team or group movements• Water control commands• Pattern commands• Pattern ranges• Hose movements commands• Nozzle movements commands

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

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

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

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

TEAM MOVEMENTCOMMANDS

• 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

NOZZLE MOVEMENTCOMMANDS

• 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

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

MASTER STREAMS

• PROVIDE LARGE QUANTITIES OF WATER FOR DEFENSIVE FIRE FIGHTING ACTIVITIES

• Cooling exposures• Controlling the fire intensity• Buying time

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.

TYPES of MASTER STREAMS

• Fixed turrets, around process areas

• Portable turrets, fire trucks, elevated streams

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

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