Making the Front Bumper Preconnect Work for You
There are many ways to pack and deploy the front bumper preconnect handline on your apparatus. Here is a versatile, easy-to-pack, and easy-to-stretch system based on a tried and true method.
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Firefighter Basics: Preconnect Hose Loads
Hose and, more specifically the preconnect, is the most common fire attack tool used in the fire service. Brian Zaitz offers some insights on this foundational tool.
Throw Back to Basics: The Minuteman Preconnect Load
Brian Zaitz looks at firefighters' most commonly deployed attack line.
Training Minutes: Tips on Stretching a Hoseline
In this firefighter training video, Joe Alvarez and company demonstrate a method for working smarter on the fireground.
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Simplifying the Hose Stretch with Strategically Placed Loops
After using the flat load for years, the author decided to place loops at the first two couplings to pull the nozzle and coupling together, resulting in a smooth stretch and an easily flaked attack line. BRANDON BURNETT
Throw Back to Basics: Preconnect Loads
Brian Zaitz offers this new drill that encourages firefighters to pull hose and start thinking about “why” the hose is loaded the way it is.
Firefighter Training: Preplanning Your Preconnects
Next to emergency medical services equipment, preconnected hoselines are probably the most used equipment on the engine. Yet, when designing and specifying new apparatus, we put preconnects and (especially) crosslays usually where they will fit or where we always put them-on top of the pump module.
Increasing the Effectiveness of the Triple or Preconnected Hose Load
We transitioned from the minuteman preconnected hose load to the triple or "S" hose load for our preconnects in the mid 1990s.
Using Preconnected Long Soft Suction Lines for Hydrant Spotting
One way to make firefighters' lives easier in terms of spotting a hydrant at fire calls: Use a preconnected, 50-foot long soft suction line to hook up to hydrants. Paul Shapiro talks about the advantages of this approach.
Making Preconnects Work
The more time a fire department spends developing an easier and more efficient method for loading preconnected attack lines, the less time it will take to deploy the lines at the emergency scene.
Improving Preconnect Function and Operation
The 1¾-inch preconnect is the mainstay of the modern fire service. For most jurisdictions around the country, it is the initial attack line pulled for up to 80 to 90 percent of our fires.
Improving Preconnect Function and Operation
The 1¾-inch preconnect is the mainstay of the modern fire service. For most jurisdictions around the country, it is the initial attack line pulled for up to 80 to 90 percent of our fires.