Everyone Should Have One
As we arrived on the scene, fire was showing out of four windows on the third floor of a wood-frame dwelling. The engine laid a supply line in and pulled past the house, leaving room for the truck to work. When an engine pulls past the occupancy, it also allows the officer to get a three-sided view of the structure on arrival. This greatly enhances the initial size-up process. Quickly, the engine company pulled the 13⁄4-inch preconnect off the rear of the engine, and the nozzle firefighter grabbed the nozzle and premade loop (designating the “lead” length or first 50-foot section used to cover the occupancy) and began to stretch. The chauffeur disconnected the supply line from the rear bed and attached it to the pump’s intake.