Hoselines & Water Appliances

The Firehouse.com Hoselines & Water Appliances product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various fire service and firefighter hoselines and water appliances, including fire attack and forestry hoseslines, water supply hose, LDH, nozzles, couplings, adapters and fittings, standpipes, dry hydrants truck-mounted and portable master streams options.
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Fort Worth Firefighters Rescue Driver Trapped in RV That Crashed into Home
Operations & Training

Photos: RV into House, Two Fires Keep Fort Worth, TX, Firefighters Busy

Jan. 12, 2025
Fort Worth firefighters battled a stubborn house fire, a vacant warehouse fire and rescued the driver of an RV who crashed into a home on Friday's shift.
Mercedes Textiles
Hoselines & Water Appliances

Mercedes Textiles Is Making It Easier to Know Your Hose

May 15, 2024
Mercedes Textiles launches online resource hub KnowYourHose.com, offering their library of detailed hose specs following new NFPA 1961 standards, friction loss calculator and ...
Photos by Shannon Hoffman
Operations & Training

Command & Control Success: Size Matters

April 23, 2024
Curt Isakson provides numerous reasons why fireground commanders shouldn't choose the default size option when they select supply and attack hose.
Operations & Training

The Fire Scene: Measuring Operational Success

April 19, 2024
John J. Salka Jr. provides seven areas of scrutiny beyond fire suppression and no injuries that departments must consider in the determination of a correctly accomplished response...
Photo by Jonathan Hall
Operations & Training

Engine Essentials: Chock Talk

April 2, 2024
Jonathan Hall details which doors must be secured open and closed in dwellings, apartments buildings, commercial buildings and high-rises and which devices to use on which.
Avenue N LODD: Incident Summary and Key Takeaways
Operations & Training

FSRI, FDNY Release Training Video from 2022 Firefighter LODD

March 29, 2024
The FDNY and FSRI teamed up to release this video that includes fire modeling, with recommendations for wind-driven firefighting tactics.