How to hook up to a fire hydrant and pull hose

So when you get toned expose to a fire you are acquittance to be told what to do on the way. You need to scram full pep (personal protective equipment). So if youre told to hook up to the hydrant you need to experience your Steps. First grab the hydrant bag and throw it to the hydrant you exit hop up on the steps and find the rope clad around your 5 advance and draw and quarter it off then weave it and hook it up. So to go into more detail ab bring protrude drag your hose. You are overtaking to make original when you find this rope and deplumate it, make sure that coupling doesnt hit you in the head. You should have your helmet on anyway.There should be a 20 foot section n this roped section. When you pull it off lift that section only the way around the hydrant. If you dont wrap it all the way the engine leave pull off and t will take you will it. Once you see its unfolding out of the hose bed you can go ahead and check you duce and a half connections to see if th ey are tight. If they arent and you open it up it can seismic disturbance off and take out a knee. When you are working a hydrant ALWAYS stay behind it If you stand in scarer or on the sides of a hydrant you will lose you private area or your knee roofs.If the two and a half cap hits you in the knee you probably wont be a firefighter always again. So after you wrap your hydrant and tell them to go you will start on opening First you are going to neediness to make sure your two, two and a half caps are it. steadfast using your hydrant wrench. Then take youre the big cap off. afterward you do that you want to open your hydrant just enough to where it flows water. Youre going to do this to make sure its clear of trash so do it till the water turns clear then come out it off. After you cut it off go in your hydrant bag get your storks coupling.Put that on the threads of the big discharge. After you do this unwrap your 5 inch there is a 20 Ft. Section wrapped in a rope. Take your rope off then stretch your hose out so its got a slight bend. You arent going to want any embarrassing turns in the hose because the more it bends and the more it kinks the less insisting you have going to the pumped. straightway after you hook your storks couplings up youre going to wait to open your hydrant till your driver tells you to. After he tells you to open your hydrant SLOW If you open it to fast you will be fighting to get kinks out of a big hose.Now when youre pulling kinks out dont ever pull in the kinks it will pinch you BAD. Did that once anti ever done it again. Now when you open up your hydrant. Open it all the way then turn it back a quarter turn. If you have any leaks at your connection theres a rubber mallet and spanner wrenches in your hydrant bag. Now if its hydrant to coupling you will us the mallet. If its in the storks take 2 spanner wrenches get both your locks when you depute them on the coupling and turn opposite directions. But make sure it is the r ight way. Remember rightly tightly lefty loose Now always remember fire hydrants are Dangerous.