We also discovered that a majority of building owners had staff who did not know how to operate fire extinguishing and alert equipment like fire extinguishers, break glass siren and hose reels, at the incipient stage.
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The original " Vroom " system, which is still available, uses suction to operate a cabinet-mounted hose reel with a 24 ft ( 7.3 m ) hose, rather than storing the hose within the wall tubing.
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For instance, a $ 16 . 99 hose reel ( a contraption to hold a hose ) was out of stock at a local Sears, a fact I learned only after a 20-minute drive to the store.
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The first annual report of the MFB stated its strength as " 59 permanent firefighters, 229 auxiliary firefighters, 4 steam fire engines, 25 horse drawn hose carts and 58 hose reels . . . 33 horses and 48 stations ".
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Ideally you either need a hose reel with a handle on it so that you wind the reel itself, pulling the hose onto it-or you do as I ( and Quondum ) do and wind your hose into a figure-8.
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Where limited space is available, and a fresh water tank cannot be fitted, the machine will still retain its demand tank, but it will be fed from an outdoor " garden " water tap via a separate supply hose reel.
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There could be no doubt that, as a general possibility a fire in the cold store had reasonably been foreseeable; indeed, fire extinguishers and hose reels had been installed at various places within the building to guard against that eventuality.
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Combined fire sprinkler / hydrant and hose reel system to AS2118.1, AS2118.6, AS2419 and BCA . Light hazard ( residential sprinklers ) and booster pump to AS2941 and BCA . Fire detection and alarm system to AS1670.1, AS1603, AS3000 and BCA . Occupant warning system to AS1670.4 and BCA.
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The trailers contain all the firefighting equipment, including a 30-gallon ( 114-liter ) solution tank to make the foam, 400 feet ( 120 meters ) of hose, a 100-foot ( 30-meter ) hose reel and a water pump, as well as hand-held extinguishers, an ice auger, helmets, gloves, goggles and pick axes.
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The ARS includes an external tank with hose reel on the centerline, along with four external tanks and internal tanks, for a total of of fuel on the aircraft . On typical missions a fifth of the air wing is dedicated to the tanker role, which consumes aircraft fatigue life expectancy faster than other missions.
