Hose beds/loads

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Fort Lauderdale's setup is fairly simple. Flat load bed of 1000' of 5" supply line, with 800' of 2-1/2" flat loaded with the male out with a water thief on the end. This is the setup for the 5 new engines delivered in 2005 to E2, E16, E46, E47 and E88. All other engines have an identical setup except with 1500' of supply line, and 3" hose instead of 2-1/2". The setup with the water thief is useful mainly for garden apartment setups and docks, but can be used for any other long hose stretch. The line is stretched off the rear and used in conjuction with the high-rise packs for fire attack. The water thief allows the versatility to use either 2-1/2" or 1-3/4" attack lines off the end of the leader line stretch.



   



The crosslays on all engines are identical with two beds of 200' of 1-3/4" and one bed of 200' of 2-1/2". Usually one of the two 1-3/4" lines has a 7/8" smoothbore, and the other has a breakaway nozzle setup with a 150 gpm @ 50 psi fog nozzle on top of 15/16" smoothbore. The 2-1/2" preconnect has a 1-1/8" smooth bore nozzle.



The loads are identical in that the first 100' is flat loaded, then the four loops are formed across the width of the crosslay bed, and then the remaining hose is loaded on top of the loops. Last step is to fold the loops back into the crosslay bed for organization and so they don't get caught and/or fall out on anything.