Tonight members drilled on large stream appliances. As with most fire departments in the area we aren’t seeing a lot of fire duty, but when we do fight fire we typically use 1 3/4″ hose as our mainstay. The 1 3/4″ hose is a very capable hose selection, but it doesn’t work for all fires. For a larger fire the more capable, but less maneuverable 2 1/2″ hoseline is the way to go. Again, like many fire departments, we don’t stretch a lot of 2 1/2″ but it is a topic that needs revisiting once in a while. We like our members to know that there are many “tools” in our “toolbox” to manage incidents of varying size and complexity.
