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Fire Hose Testing: Taking the Pain Out of Compliance
Fire chiefs are responsible for the upkeep of all equipment under their control, including trucks, tankers, and other emergency response vehicles. Of equal importance are the first aid supplies and equipment, as well as their “life line”- those miles of fire hose used to carry water to the scene.
Hoses used by firefighters must be able to perform under tremendous pressure, and the best way to verify their ability to do so is to conduct regularly scheduled hose tests.
According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) code, fire departments are obligated to “perform an annual service test on fire hose, given a pump, a marking device, pressure gauges, a timer, record sheets, and related equipment, so that procedures are followed, the condition of the hose is evaluated, any damaged hose is removed from service, and the results are recorded.”
Furthermore, departments are expected to have in place “procedures for safely conducting hose service testing, indicators that dictate any hose be removed from service, and recording procedures for hose test results.”
Those conducting the test are expected to be able to “operate hose testing equipment and nozzles and to record results.”
What the requirement doesn’t specify is whether or not the testers have to be fire department personnel- which are where fire hose testing service providers come in.
Scarcity of resources has always been a sensitive issue with fire departments- now more than ever, given the current economic climate. Manpower is closely allocated, so any task that can be eliminated or outsourced is sought after.
Yearly hose tests can be a real sore spot for fire marshals and chiefs, who know how valuable training time is to the men and women whose lives depend on it.
Pressure testing is the last thing they want their personnel to be doing when a three-alarm fire call is announced- not to mention the record-keeping and testing apparatus storage issues involved.
Fire hose testing services can relieve fire departments of the hassle and time-consuming tasks involved with yearly testing, by providing the expertise required to keep their customers in compliance with NFPA and ISO regulations and guidelines.
Trained professionals, many of them former firefighters, will handle the testing process from beginning to end, and within one afternoon, in most cases.
Provided services include:
- Pre-test survey and photo documentation of storage scheme
- Comprehensive compliance report
- Complete equipment inventory
- Documentation system the department can use throughout the year
- Suggested processes for keeping trucks organized and safe
- Hose labeling and condition tracking
- Tests conducted based on established PSI for new vs. in-use hoses
- Recorded performance of all nozzles, appliances and adaptors
- Pressure testing of all necessary equipment, as well as hose rolling and repacking into hose beds upon test completion
- Documentation and disposal of failed hoses
- Suggestions for improvement and compliance
Firefighters call the hoses that carry water to the fire their “life line.” Maybe it’s time more departments considered using hose testing service providers.
After all, firefighters are our life line, too.
About the Author
Axcess Hose & Ladder Co. specializes in the fire hose testing and ground ladder testing. We are Firemen Helping Firemen; our trained staff conducts all tests in accordance with nfpa ladder test standards.
To repair the oil spill-what would you do? This might work.?
I would place a power delivery hose over the opening. Then place three track drives around the hole with a spring between the tracks. I would use a hydralic accuater and place three flow devices to let the oil flow while inserting a fast drying polamer that would expand and seal off the flow. This would be like Mandalay Bay when the ground beneath it was unfit to build the foundation on. what do you think of this?
My idea would be to drill tiny holes throughout the pipe to relieve the amount of pressure from the main flow. Yes, oil would now be leaking out in more places, but the pressure at the main flow would go down and then they could cap it. Then the little holes would be easier to seal.
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