HOW TO PULL WORKING LINE-FOLDED FOR ADVANCEMENT
- Take position
- Grasp nozzle with both hands
- Rotate so back is to hose bed, facing forward
- Nozzle carried “John Wayne” at hip
- Step off tailboard
- Facing away from engine
- Safely
- Pull hose
- Verbalize length – “I’ve got 50”
- Fifty feet
- Coupling drops from hose bed
- Set nozzle down
- Return to tailboard
- Pick up hose
- Within one foot of coupling
- Pull hose
- Verbalize length – “I’ve got —–” current length you are pulling
- 100, 150, 200 etc.
- Until next coupling drops from tailboard
- Set coupling down next to previous nozzle/ coupling
- On side of nozzle opposite the fire
- All pulled couplings will be opposite the fire
- Continue until sufficient hose to reach objective is reached
- Set couplings NEATLY IN LINE
- Space evenly and parallel – Makes folding easier
- Break hose line
- Connect to discharge
- Advise engineer- length, size, nozzle
- Arrange bights for carry
- Pull folds/bights nearest tailboard to couplings
- Keeping lengths neat and parallel- accordion style
- Split bights up for carry
- Nozzle carries two bights + nozzle
- All others two-four bights
- Pick up bights
- Bights should pay off to outside wall of stairs
- Nozzle against shoulder bights stacked on top
- Followers have bights on same shoulder as nozzle
- Pull hose
- Make sure to pull maximum amount of hose from ground and engine before dropping shoulder load
- NOTE: Estimating hose length-
- Engine to door
- 50’ per floor
- 50’ on fire floor
