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FirefightersService testing fire hose: With a hose testing machine
With a hose testing machine. With a pump, a marking device, pressure gauges, a timer, record sheets and related equipment, you run the annual service test on fire hose: the procedures are followed, the hose condition is evaluated, any damaged hose is taken out of service and the results are recorded. It is station 5-13 of Ohio's Firefighter II practical exam (NFPA 1001 5.5.5).
Free to startThis scenario
- With a hose testing machine.
The steps
- Follow the fire hose service testing procedures.
- Evaluate the condition of the hose being tested.
- Take damaged hose out of service, if any.
- Record the test results on the forms provided.
- Operate the hose testing equipment and nozzles.
- No unsafe act during the evaluation.
To pass
- All 5 steps when no hose is damaged, or all 6 when damaged hose is reported.
- The candidate gets the procedures and annual service test forms approved by the program; the testing procedures are in chapter 4 of NFPA 1962.
- The evaluator can stop the station at any time for an unsafe act.
Official source
State · Ohio EMS 5920
Firefighter II Practical Examination Skill Sheets (EMS 5920)
Ohio publishes every Firefighter II skill sheet free: the steps, the critical points and the minimum to pass.
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