May 2017
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stretch. This guarantees an egress point since
you will be skipping the stairs.
Both vertical stretches can be accomplished by
extending pre-connects or using bundles off
another line. You can still use a system to define
these stretches and make them more efficient.
The bulk load will perform both seamlessly.
With all the long stretches consider having the
Heel take the lead and walk in front. This allows
the officer, or possibly more experienced
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firefighter, to determine the stretch length or
when and where final deployment of the bundle
occurs. When using this technique with the
“inside and up” it also allows the nozzle
firefighter to clean up hose paying off the Heels
shoulder or arm.
Below are two quick summaries of the system
you should be able to communicate and execute
from your engine. Go out and perform your
short stretch, a long flat and both types of long
vertical stretches.
Discuss how they could
be made more efficient.
Discuss what changes
to the hose bed may be
necessary to fix any
long term problems. All
of the resources we
used to develop our
system are accessible to
you as well. None of it
is just ours and none
of it is truly new. It’s
your turn to make it
work for you.
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