The Big Four to produce a quality fire stream are a pump, water, hose and a nozzle. All of these are equally important. Pump and onboard water supply.

Last week was a big milestone for Lowndes County Fire Rescue as it hosted its first-ever Junior Summer Fire Academy.

ERIE, PA --- April 28, 2025 - Snap-tite Hose, a leading manufacturer of premium fire hose solutions, announced the launch of Supreme II 1.75", the next generation of its trusted, classic attack line.

This hose was “pretty impressive” in its tenure in fire service passing the test every year since its purchase around 2005. “It was older but it just kept passing the testing,” he said.

A good neighbor was captured on video using his garden hose to try and help extinguish a massive two-alarm fire burning through the roof of a five-story Soho building early Thursday morning.

3708. Unauthorized driving over fire hose. No vehicle shall be driven over any unprotected hose of a fire department when laid down on any highway, private road or driveway, for use at any fire or ...