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As a member of a team, with supply or intake hose, hose tools and a fire hydrant or a static water source, you connect a fire department pumper to the water supply, with tight connections and an unobstructed water flow. It is station 4-18 of Ohio's Firefighter I practical exam (NFPA 1001 4.3.15).
Free to startScenarios
- Hydrant to pumper.
- Drafting from a portable water tank.
- Drafting from a static source, such as a pond or a creek.
The steps
- Hydrant to pumper: lay a supply hose by hand in a forward or reverse lay.
- Hydrant to pumper: make the hydrant-to-pumper hose connections.
- Hydrant to pumper: fully open and close the hydrant.
- Drafting: connect and place the hard suction hose.
- Drafting: direct the deployment of the portable water tank or other static water source.
- Drafting: direct the deployment of the equipment needed.
- No unsafe act during the evaluation.
To pass
- All 4 steps of the operation you do: the 3 of hydrant to pumper or the 3 of drafting, and no unsafe act.
- With a single portable tank, there is no need to set up the equipment to move water from one tank to another.
- Team members follow the directions of the candidate being evaluated.
- 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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