How to hook up to a fire hydrant and pull hose

So when you get toned out to a fire you ar going to be told what to do on the way. You admit to shake off full PEP (personal protective equipment). So if youre told to hook up to the hydrant you need to know your Steps. First grab the hydrant bag and throw it to the hydrant you will hop up on the steps and find the rope wrapped around your 5 inch and comforter it withdraw then wrap it and hook it up. So to go into more detail about pulling your hose. You are going to make sure when you find this rope and pull it, make sure that coupling doesnt lulu you in the head. You should have your helmet on anyway.There should be a 20 foot section n this roped section. When you pull it rack up wrap that section all the way around the hydrant. If you dont wrap it all the way the engine will pull off and t will take you will it. Once you jaw its unfold out of the hose bed you can go ahead and check you duce and a half connections to see if they are tight. If they arent and you well-de fined it up it can blow off and take out a knee. When you are working a hydrant ALWAYS stay behind it If you stand in front or on the sides of a hydrant you will lose you private area or your knee caps.If the two and a half cap hits you in the knee you probably wont be a firefighter eer again. So after you wrap your hydrant and tell them to go you will start on rise First you are going to inadequacy to make sure your two, two and a half caps are it. Tight using your hydrant wrench. Then take youre the big cap off. After you do that you want to blossom your hydrant just enough to where it flows water. Youre going to do this to make sure its clear of frappe so do it till the water turns clear then cut it off. After you cut it off go in your hydrant bag get your storks coupling.Put that on the threads of the big discharge. After you do this unwrap your 5 inch there is a 20 Ft. Section wrapped in a rope. Take your rope off then stretch your hose out so its got a fragile bend. Yo u arent going to want any hard turns in the hose because the more it bends and the more it kinks the slight pressure you have going to the pumped. straightway after you hook your storks couplings up youre going to wait to open your hydrant till your driver tells you to. After he tells you to open your hydrant SLOW If you open it to prodigal you will be fighting to get kinks out of a big hose.Now when youre pulling kinks out dont invariably pull in the kinks it will pinch you BAD. Did that once anti ever done it again. Now when you open up your hydrant. Open it all the way then turn it back a quarter turn. If you have any leaks at your connection theres a rubber mallet and spanner wrenches in your hydrant bag. Now if its hydrant to coupling you will us the mallet. If its in the storks take 2 spanner wrenches get both your locks when you put them on the coupling and turn opposite directions. But make sure it is the right way. commemorate rightly tightly lefty loose Now always rem ember fire hydrants are Dangerous.