London Fire Brigade & Surrey Fire & Rescue Service

[kharris155]

does anyone know what epsom hospital this is and what was the incident. cheers

[mathiastheok]

Man...all I'd be thinking is having to re wind all that hose up....lol

[crazyror10]

How old is this vid???

[mab2311]

Its probably about 5 years old now.

[Firefighternorway]

Ah, I've always been curious about that Hose Layer, now, what does WrC stand for?

[mab2311]

WrC stands for Water Carrier

[Firefighternorway]

I should have known that, thanks:)

[scally1288]

thats a surry ff in the rear of that pod cose lfb dont ware pbi gold kit

[p12bat]

we have a whole bunch of sizes, but if my maths is correct, not 5" to 6".

Most commomnly used is high pressure hose reel at 19mmm diameter, followed by a slightly larger 33mm.

Then lay flat hose 45mm, 70mm and 90mm.

In the last few years we have aquired 'large volume pumping' units which have massive hose, but as there is not one based at my station I couldn't tell you the size of it.

[huhtuesday]

ye not too sure but think the large volume hose is 125mm methinks !!

[mab2311]

Yeh cant be doing it much good really.

[emtff7959]

what the hell are they running over their hose for, hopefully thats the only road in and out, i understand them straddling it but damn

[p12bat]

There is only one entrance to Westpark Hospital, the hydrant is also on that entrance.

A fire hose can easily withstand a fire engine driving over it - unless it hits the coupling.

[emtff7959]

ya i'm leaning towards your from britain, correct? Technically here with NFPA standards and guidelines we're supposed to service test a hose anytime it is ran over. Yes i agree a hose can handle a fire truck on top of it, but what about a high possiblity of the hose laying over a sharp stone or rock and your run it over put a pin size hole in it and then you charge it and it bursts now you have down time and you limited your water flows for a time.

[p12bat]

Wow, that's alot of hose testing!

Yes, I am UK FF and was on the trucks at the incident above

Generally, hose is only sent away to be fixed if it springs a major leak. By design punctures only get a certain size and can be patched up on site to be dealt with later

'Pinprick' holes are not a problem to volume and pressure and can be beneficial in protecting the hose(such as self percolating, hope I spelt that right)

Now having done 5 big house fires in the last 4 days, I'm off to bed.

[emtff7959]

i also had another question, do you guys have LDH(Large diameter supply hose) hose by any change ranging from 5" to 6". Others in this country have much larger diameter. Just curious

[mab2311]

Yeh i must admit i do like the video aswell nice to see London and Surrey working together.

[scally1288]

mab do u have any more vidz from this shout

[mab2311]

I do scally but i need to convert them off my video camera into mpeg files mate

[scally1288]

canny wait p.s if u pm a will send u my email adress so u can send me fotos of the bfc is that the right short hand code

[confranman]

Great video, i've been in the service 9 years now and ive never seen a hose layer working in anger , only in drills, excelllent!

[mab2311]

Ive just looked at the video further and it is actually a P reg primem mover.

[youngnid]

thanks lads for info

regards

Andy

[mab2311]

thanks

[EmergencyVehiclesUK]

Great Video!

[mab2311]

This was a couple of years ago now just managed to convert my videos

[youngnid]

hi what year was this taken i ask due to the LFB FRU being a H reg

regards

Andy

[Jackus2008]

Andy,

The FRU shown was "FRU2", reg H852XYF, based at Battersea.

This video must have been prior to the July 7th 2005 London suicide bombings, as the old Volvo FRUs were withdrawn around that time.

[p12bat]

I recall it was around 4 years ago, as I was one of the attending Surrey FFs.

The hospital is West Park.