Water Handling Equipment Guide - National Wildfire Coordinating ...

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WATER DELIVERY COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES Hose Dispensers and Storage b. Rhode Island hose pack c. Canadian style hose pack Construction and material: Hose rolled on a Rhode Island hose roller is opened and connected in a hose bag. Hose will then lay precoupled without kinking. Written material: Dept. of Environmental Management Division of Forest Environment 1037 Hartford Pike North Scituate, RI 02857 Construction and material:Cordura nylon outer pack with cardboard box inside to hold hose. The pack holds 400 feet of 12- inch synthetic weeping hose. The hose is woven on a plywood jig and then inserted into a cardboard box. The cardboard box reduces the need to have every pack in the Cordura nylon outer pack. Once a box is used, it can be taken out of the pack and a full one put in. Approximate weight is 54 pounds. Written material: Northeast Interagency Fire Cache 402 SE 11 th Street Grand Rapids, MN 55744 135

WATER DELIVERY COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES Hose Dispensers and Storage d. Gansner hose pack e. Modified Gansner hose pack (Cleveland National Forest) Construction and materials: Progressive hose lay that requires no packboard; stiffness of the hose is used as support. Hose is bound with tie-cords and shoulder straps are loops of hose. Capacity is 100 feet each of 1- and 12-inch fire hose. Written material: USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region Plumas National Forest Mount Hough Ranger District 39696 Highway 70 Quincy, CA 95971 Construction and material: Same materials as the Gansner hose pack, only a different configuration that does not deploy hose as the firefighter advances. The 12- inch hose is used to suppress wildfire, and the 1-inch hose is used for laterals that are only charged when and if needed after the initial suppression action. Can be utilized in heavier fuels where more water volume is desired. Requires no packboard, stiffness of hose is used as support. Hose is bound with nylon shroud cord and 12- inch hose is looped for shoulder straps. Contains a 12-inch gated wye valve with reducer and adapter. Approximate weight with hose is 22 pounds. A training CD is also available. 136

WATER DELIVERY COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES<br />

Hose Dispensers and Storage<br />

b. Rhode Island hose pack<br />

c. Canadian style hose pack<br />

Construction and material: Hose rolled<br />

on a Rhode Island hose roller is opened<br />

and connected in a hose bag. Hose will<br />

then lay precoupled without kinking.<br />

Written material:<br />

Dept. of Environmental Management<br />

Division of Forest Environment<br />

1037 Hartford Pike<br />

North Scituate, RI 02857<br />

Construction and material:Cordura nylon<br />

outer pack with cardboard box inside to<br />

hold hose. The pack holds 400 feet of 12-<br />

inch synthetic weeping hose. The hose is<br />

woven on a plywood jig and then inserted<br />

into a cardboard box. The cardboard box<br />

reduces the need to have every pack in the<br />

Cordura nylon outer pack. Once a box is<br />

used, it can be taken out of the pack and a<br />

full one put in. Approximate weight is 54<br />

pounds.<br />

Written material:<br />

Northeast Interagency Fire Cache<br />

402 SE 11 th Street<br />

Grand Rapids, MN 55744<br />

135

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