hose
Across
- 2. connects stream devices together
- 4. A one inch piece of nylon sewn into a 51 inch loop
- 6. PUMP Pump with one or more impellers
- 7. Refers to a bend or a fold in a hose or a rope
- 10. Back step of fire engine
- 12. used to evacuate air from a centrifugal pump housing and hard suction hose.
- 13. Large Diameter Hose.
- 14. Hose laid from the fire to the water source
- 15. Gallons per minute
- 17. used to attack, contain, or prevent spread of fire
- 19. A stack of hose flakes carried on the right shoulder
- 22. An indentation in the rocker lug of a coupling
- 24. wrench used to tighten or loosen couplings
- 28. serves as a reference for locating the couplings
- 30. The smaller (2 ½”) discharge openings on a fire hydrant.
- 32. to carry or drag supply hose to a specific location.
- 33. PORT largest discharge opening on a fire hydrant
- 37. divides one larger hoseline into three or more smaller hoselines. Same as a “tri-gated wye.”
- 38. hose couplings
- 39. main intake valve
- 40. A fire engine or ladder truck
- 41. allows a single hose to be split into two hoses
- 42. To pressurize a fire hose or fire extinguisher
Down
- 1. A machined 45 degree angle
- 3. Power take-off
- 5. delivers a large quantity of water
- 8. Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health.
- 9. Same as “turnouts.”
- 11. Hose laid from the water source to the fire.
- 16. The motion characteristics of water
- 18. The front (rubber bumper) part of a nozzle
- 19. Refers to an intake port or the intake side of an appliance
- 20. The lever shut-off device on nozzles
- 21. Each single fold in a hose load
- 23. Force created by the rapid deceleration of water
- 25. valve that mitigates any excess intake water pressure
- 26. gauge that is capable of measuring pos/neg pressures
- 27. A short fold or reverse bend
- 29. An engine mounted water storage tank, 500 gals
- 30. The main hose-carrying area of a fire engine.
- 31. An appliance that makes two hose lines into one
- 34. A thin rubber O-ring
- 35. air is introduced into a liquid
- 36. used to deploy hose over distance from the engine to objective