Fire Apparatus Engineer/Operator Chapter 6 Fire Hose, Appliances, and Nozzles Questions and Correct Answers
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Chapter 6 Fire Hose, Appliances, and
Nozzles Questions and Correct Answers
Fire Apparatus Engineer/Operator
Chapter 6 Fire Hose, Appliances, and
Nozzles Questions and Correct Answers
Fire Apparatus Engineer/Operator
Chapter 6 Fire Hose, Appliances, and
...
Fire Apparatus Engineer/Operator
Chapter 6 Fire Hose, Appliances, and
Nozzles Questions and Correct Answers
Supply hose (also known as supply lines)
✓ ~~~ used to deliver water from a static source or from a fire hydrant to an
attack pumper
Attack hose (also known as an attack line)
✓ ~~~ used to discharge water from an attack pumper onto the fire.
Small-diameter hose (SDH)
✓ ~~~ ranges in size from 1" to 2"
booster hose (booster line)
✓ ~~~ reel of 3/4" or 1" hard rubber hose
Medium-diameter hose (MDH)
✓ ~~~ has a diameter of 2 1/2" OR 3"
master stream device
✓ ~~~ large-capacity nozzle supplied by two or more hoselines of fixed piping
that can flow 300 gpm.
Large-diameter hose (LDH)
✓ ~~~ diameter of 3 1/2" or more. Standard LDH; 4, 5"
threaded hose couplings
✓ ~~~ type of coupling that requires a male fitting and a female fitting to be
screwed together
soft sleeve hose (soft suction)
✓ ~~~ short section of LDH that is used to connet a fire department pumper
directly to the large streamer outlet on a hyrant
hard suction hose
✓ ~~~ special type of supply hose that is used to draft water from a static
source such as a river, lake, or portable drafting basin.
fire hose appliance
✓ ~~~ any device used in conjunction with a fire hose for the purpose of deliver
water.
wye
✓ ~~~ device that splits one hose stream into two hose streams.
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