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FirefightersHose inspection, rolling and reloading: Roll: a donut roll
Roll: a donut roll. Wearing protective clothing, with washing equipment, water, detergent, tools and replacement gaskets, you clean, inspect and return fire hose to service: any damage is noted and corrected, the hose is clean and it is left ready for service. It is station 4-26 of Ohio's Firefighter I practical exam (NFPA 1001 4.5.2).
Free to startThis scenario
- Roll: a donut roll.
The steps
- Clean the fire hose properly with the washing and drying equipment, water, detergent and tools provided.
- Inspect the hose by hand and make sure it has no debris, no mildew or rot, no chemical or heat damage, no cuts or abrasions, no sign of the liner coming apart, and no damaged threads, corrosion, out-of-round couplings, slippage, loose collars or other coupling defects.
- Replace the coupling gaskets, as needed.
- Note any hose that fails the inspection and mark it out of service.
- Do one of the hose rolls in the scenarios properly.
- Reload the hose properly with one of the loads in the scenarios.
- No unsafe act during the evaluation.
To pass
- All 6 steps when no gasket is replaced, or all 7 when one is.
- The hose cleaned is at least 1.5 inches (38 mm) wide and 25 ft (7.6 m) long; the rolled section is at least 50 ft (15 m); the reloaded hose totals at least 150 ft (46 m).
- When the reload is done as a team, the candidate directs the helpers out loud. NFPA 1962 is the reference for the hose inspection form.
- The evaluator can stop the station at any time for an unsafe act.
Official source
State · Ohio EMS 5919
Firefighter I Practical Examination Skill Sheets (EMS 5919)
Ohio publishes every Firefighter I skill sheet free: the steps, the critical points and the minimum to pass.
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