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Contact: Nancy Heck
E-Mail: nheck@carmel.in.gov
Phone: (317) 571-2494
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City of Carmel
One Civic Square Carmel, IN 46032
News Release
Date:
January 7, 2010
Contact: Nancy
Heck (317) 571-2494
Release:
Immediate
Roundabout Hose Load
Invented by Carmel Fire Crew
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Carmel, IN – The Carmel Fire
Department (CFD) continues to look at ways to improve a new
way to load hose onto the fire truck that is more efficient
to load and unload than previous methods. Station 44 B crew
experimented with the Cleveland High-Rise Pack, a hose load
used in high rise buildings and adapted it for use as a
crosslay, a hose load used on the fire truck. This concept
was tested several times and evolved into what is now known
as the Roundabout Hose Load. The load was named after the
shape of the hose load and after the fact that Carmel now
has numerous roundabout intersections.
With the proper training, this hose load is quicker and
easier to load and deploy than almost any other hose load
out there. The Roundabout Hose Load needs minimal
straightening to get out folds and bends, will not get
caught up in the front yard on trees and bushes, and is
easier to advance into a structure. It is believed that no
other department has ever used this type of hose load as a
crosslay before Station 44 B crew developed it. Two videos
were made and placed on YouTube which demonstrate this hose
load. To date, the videos have over 5,000 views.
Click here to view the video or do a search for
Roundabout Hose Load.
Several fire departments across the nation have contacted
CFD for more information about the Roundabout Hose load.
Roundabout Hose Load training sessions with CFD Station 44’s
crew have already been conducted with the Indianapolis Fire
Department (IFD). Likewise, CFD Station 44’s crew has
launched the Roundabout as a new hose load to be taught with
the J. Everett Light firefighting program. Departments in
the states of Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, New York,
Pennsylvania, and Indiana, including the IFD, are now using
the Roundabout Hose Load.
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