Fire hose
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fire-hose-283-3177841
title:
Fire hose
text:
A fire hose is a high-pressure hose that carries water or other fire retardant to a fire to extinguish it. Outdoors, it attaches either to a fire engine, fire hydrant, or a portable fire pump. Indoors, it can permanently attach to a building's standpipe or plumbing system. The usual working pressure of a firehose can vary between 8 and 20 bar while per the NFPA 1961 Fire Hose Standard, its bursting pressure is in excess of 110 bar.
Hose is one of the basic, essential pieces of fire-fighting equi
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Flexible tube used for delivering water or foam at high pressure, to fight fires
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_hose
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date modified:
2024-03-12T13:51:13Z
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