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MikeF9
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« : July 27, 2010, 09:29:53 PM »

Wednesday July 28, 2010
Photo Blog


MORE FXFD HOSE TESTING
All the hose on Engine 2 was tested(except for 4 inch) Tuesday night down at School.

All the hose is laid out.


All the hose is numbered, so Tim Bessette marks down all the hose numbers.


Patrick Bessette and Jordan Hayes open the valve to the truck's pump after the hydrant is turned on.


Hose spaghetti


Patrick watches as Chief Dean Potter adjusts the speed of the pump.


Testing over. Time to pick up.

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« #1 : July 30, 2010, 08:55:31 PM »

Not that I am kill joy...
But why are they not bunkered out for testing?

Heat stress I understand and the hose looks great, but man, I a safety all the way.
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« #2 : July 30, 2010, 09:18:28 PM »

Some wear boots and a lot wear gloves, but it depends on the weather. If it was September, you might see some in bunkerpants.

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« #3 : July 31, 2010, 12:35:45 AM »

I guess in the NAV we were more leery of couplings busting due to Our mis handling of the tested hose.
The 5 inch rubber jacketed could MESS you UP! Sorta like it did our front intake, bad news.
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« #4 : August 01, 2010, 06:38:37 AM »

  Unlike the older 4 and 5" hose , the 4" that we use now has safety latches on the couplings so they can not come apart. There is a little latch on each coupling you have to depress to get the coupling to turn to come apart.
 And the 1 1/2" and 2 1/2" is all a threaded coupling, 10 to 12 turns to get it to unscrew.



  About the only thing that ever happens is a hose will burst and someone gets all wet.
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« #5 : August 07, 2010, 12:12:28 AM »

Amazing....

I guess we had Fred Flintstone hoses.

They popped when put a little pressure on them.
It must have been that salty air.

We had to fly a guy to Anchorage one time when the hose popped and he got hit in the head.
----From Adak ---------

Sad story... he recovered and thought he was a Poodle.
(mama, I gots me a hobbit!)
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« #6 : August 07, 2010, 07:34:29 AM »

These pictures you take of behind the scenes prep work to save our lives and homes goes to show we have quite a few local hereo. I appreciate your hard work.
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