Fire Hydrant Ball Valve

Always make sure this is shut before turning on hydrant

Long Diameter Hose (LDH) or Overland

Is typically connected to the truck tank and hydrant, on Pierre's fire department our LDH's are 5 inches

Play Pipe

Used outside or when not going interior because fire is too advanced

Monitor

Placed on the ground and provides water without being held, used on advanced fires, also known as a type of master stream

Spanner

Assists with opening and closing couplings

Drafting Hose or Hard Suction Hose

Used for transport of water from a tank, pumper, or body of water

Foam Eductor

Not used often on Pierre's firefighting since we have engines that have pump foam which comes directly from the truck

Wye or Gated Wye

Permits complete flow control when a hose line needs to be split into two lines or when two lines are combined into one hose line

Restrictors on Adaptors

Hooks a smaller hose to a larger hose, and increases pressure and velocity

Flat loads on Split Load Hose Bed

This is what Pierre's fire department usually has for hose beds

Siamese or Siamese Clapper Valve

Combines multiple lines into one line, permit supply hose lines to be laid parallel to supply a pumper or high-output device

has a center clapper or two or three clappered inlets used to control the flow of the inlet streams into the single outlet stream

Used when LDH is unable to control friction loss in exceptionally  long hose lays or those that carry a large flow

Speedlay or Attack Line

Can be used as a supply line for larger fires on Pierre Fire these are usually 2 1/2"

Siamese or Siamese Clapper Valve

Combines multiple lines into one line, permit supply hose lines to be laid parallel to supply a pumper or high-output device

Have either a central clapper valve or two clapper valves that control the flow of the inlet streams into the single outlet stream

Used when LDH is unable to overcome friction loss in exceptionally long hose lays or those that carry a large flow

A. High rise pack hose line, usually 1 1/2" on Pierre Fire

B. High rise pack containing tools

C. Standpipe key used to turn on standpipes in a building to release water flow

Deck Gun

Used on large fires and known as a type of master stream

Tanker

Aerial firefighting

Tender

Can unload water out the back end faster than a hose, typically used in wildland