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27 Cards in this Set
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Backlash |
Booster reel turning faster than hose is played out |
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Bleeder plug |
Metal stopper placed on standpipe for draining |
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Cap |
Threaded metal stopper for male connections |
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Plug |
threaded stopper for female connections |
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Standpipe |
Verticle water pipe riser used to supply hoses in buildings |
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Accordion Fold |
Hose folded back and forth in bed having appearance of pleats |
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Blight of Hose |
Length of hose running from one end of bed to the other |
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Charged line |
Hose line filled under water pressure |
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Coupling |
Male and female ends or act of connecting hose |
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Drafting |
Supllying pump from body of water |
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Drag load |
2 blights of hose leading out of stretch bed to be dragged by firefighter |
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Dutchman |
Shortened blight of hose made in rear of lay bed to accommodate strategic placement of coupling or hide paint marks from public |
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Evolution |
Pre assigned sequence 2-4 FF in predetermined amount of time |
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Expansion ring |
Ring that holds hose inside coupling |
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Flake |
A bight of hose carried on shoulder during stretch to be 'flaked' with right hand |
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Handlines |
1" booster lines or 1 3/4 to 2.5 manual attack lines |
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Hard suction |
hard rubber hose 10' lon in either 3" or 6"H |
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Hydrant Spanner |
Specifically designed double ended wrench. One end for removing hydrant caps and turning top valve. The other is for tightening or loosening couplings |
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Lugs |
Knobs found on female and male coupling to break connections along with gates standpipes, turrets, ext |
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Port |
Fixed intake where hoses can be attached |
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Single header |
Taking a hydrant single lay and spare gate with spanner |
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Soft suction |
3" to connect to pump or hydrant
No actual suction |
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Steamer port |
Larger 5" on from of the hydrant
also a morse gate with attached adapters |
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U shoulder load |
the finish load in the stretch bed |
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Take a hydrant |
secure a water supply by removing enough hose, gates and spanner |
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Vulvanizize |
Give rubber strength and elasticity |
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Water hammer |
Force when water flow is abruptly halted |
