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Martin County Fire Rescue Modified Flat Load for 5" Supply

This hose load and instructional video was developed by C-Shift at Station 30. The intention was to find a hose load for 5" supply line that deploys without being ...

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Max Sprauer commented on 06 May 2015

@firefighter2000, we heard about other departments having the idea of making a uniform hose load with couplings up towards the front of the hose bed. To our knowledge, nobody had come up with a good idea on hose loads yet and we have had problems ourselves with the hose getting hung up in the bed upon deployment. One of our guys was injured when the hose hung up in the bed and his leg was pinched between the hose and hydrant. Anyways, we decided to try and come up with a better load so we ripped all of the hose off of the bed and started from scratch. This was the best load we came up with so we tested the hell out of it before sharing it. We have since adopted this load department wide and it's really taking off. Thanks for the feedback everyone!

Aaron Williams commented on 23 Jan 2015

My dept. has recently started using this hose load and most of everyone likes it more(except the people who stuck in the 80's and don't want change). how ever we did modify it a little bit on our rescue pumper because it has a narrow but deep hose bed. We did 4 stacks of 3 100' foot sections to get 1200'. works better and saves more room than regular flat load. Never quite training and remember with your hose load, "load pretty, looks pretty, pulls pretty"

Max Sprauer commented on 22 Aug 2013

Wow Bob, get a life. This video has nothing to do with your beliefs and everything to do with a "how to" video on hose loads. By the way, I make 50k a year after 9 years on the job and I DO put my life on the line for pay that is considered low when compared to surrounding counties. Keep your ignorant comments to yourself and try to respect the men and women who risk their lives to save others.

Thomas Zopfi commented on 27 Jan 2015

Very Impressive. Our neighboring, mutual aid department started using this hose load last year. After seeing it in action and watching your video, we have also implemented the same load in our first and second out engine companies. Always a pleasure to see new innovative ways to improve upon the same old, run of the mill hose loads. Good Job. Capt. Z.

Gordon Pippin commented on 03 Apr 2013

We actually did it today, I work for the city of chester and we did it with 5 200' rows of rubber 5". After packing it and dropping it it worked like a charm. Lays straight and comes off easier than anticipated. It also gives the driver an opportunity to calculate how much more hose he has off than counting coupling up the street.

Max Sprauer commented on 18 Mar 2013

We do have engines with the rubber jacket 5" hoses in 100' sections, the same length that we show in the video. There seem to be no issues with any of those units so far. It doesn't lay as flat initially due to the rubber jacket hose "memory" but it eventually gets better over a short period of time.

David Riley commented on 10 Sep 2013

Excellent idea! We just took delivery of a new E-One pumper with braces for the hose bed cover that take NO account for the 5" stortz couplings. As soon as we got the first 600 feet on, we were seeing where couplings might get stuck on deployment. Hopefully this will solve the issues we're having.

Bob Johnson commented on 22 Aug 2013

Martin County Fire Rescue is the biggest bunch of greedy cat fighting girls. THEY ARE NOT HEROS! They are sucking the tax payers dry with their benefits. The firefighting community in general is a mess, they should all be fired and start over

Robert Avsec commented on 18 Feb 2013

Nice job fellas! This an outstanding method for loading 5" hose--the best I've ever seen demonstrated. I really liked how smoothly the hose deploys from the apparatus. The demonstrated hydrant wrapping technique was a nice bonus!

reddogsix commented on 10 Jun 2012

Great video. We have a new Spartan and looking for ideas. We use 5" as well but in 50' lengths. I assume this set up can be used? Just a few more couplings in each row.

Adam Elliott commented on 12 Feb 2015

i a firefighting here in Canada for 2 years and this video help us out no how it load the 5" supply line thanks

firefighter2000 commented on 23 Apr 2015

Who came up with this idea? Kudos! We are transitioning to 5" hose and are using this. Thanks!

Brent Bronner commented on 17 Dec 2012

What are the issues you have had in the past? What are the pros of using this?

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