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Video Tip: Flaking Excess Hoseline From A Shoulder Load

Today’s video tip comes from a recent engine company class with the Susquehanna Hose Company in Havre de Grace, MD.  This tip demonstrates techniques for the scenario where the shoulder load is not yet completely flaked out and nozzle firefighter finds themselves with a need to charge the line and flow water immediately.  What often happens in this scenario is a pile of hose is thrown to the ground, it’s full of kinks, and the hoseline’s capabilities and flow are severely hampered.  Check out the clip below:

Of course our goal is to always correctly estimate the stretch, anticipate our distance, and flake the line accordingly.  We all know that doesn’t always go as planned.  This is just one tip of many that can help you overcome this situation and get the line on the fire!

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Posted by Nicholas Martin | Posted in Blog, Combat Ready, Engine Company, fire-rescue-topics, firefighting-operations, Tips & Skills, training-development, training-fire-rescue-topics, videos | Posted on 15-09-2010

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Backsteprescue said on 15/Sep/2010@23:27

Great technique. I like that you guys gave an appropriate situation to use this tactic in. Around here, alot of departments are exploring a hose load where you pull it off the truck and it is already set to go for this style of hoseline deployment. Around here it is called the Cleveland Load….. but the only reason this method is being explored by area departments is because they do not want to practice the proper way to stretch hoselines. In my opinion I feel that this method should not be used an an escape from doing the job or as a crutch but as a smart maneuver during a short stretch as shown in the video.

Aikiian said on 16/Sep/2010@15:53

In Seattle we are taught this in drill school. It’s a good technique, especially in a stairwell. The only thing we do differently is, in a stairwell, when you step through the hose you put your hands on the wall so that when the hose charges it ends up leaning on the wall. That way it takes up less space, is not a tripping hazard, and other folks don’t lay their line over your coil.

Anonymous said on 16/Sep/2010@17:41

Aikiian,

Great addition to the tip, thanks for posting!

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GUEST said on 1/Dec/2010@05:40

Can this be applied to flat loads? I’m trying to picture it in my head, but I don’t see it working.

Anonymous said on 1/Dec/2010@12:18

That’s one of the detriments to flat loads. If when pulling a flat load,
you were to invert it so that the nozzle is on the bottom and you have a
vertical column of hose above, you would be able to do the same technique.

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