Firefighter Survival- Hoseline Bailout

Hoseline window bailout from Firefighter Safety and Survival, Hall County Fire Training Center, Hall County,GA 05/18/08

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Education

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• Firefighter
• safety
• survival
• bailout
• bail
• out

[cjskiall]

How did you enter the window if you're tying off the nozzle inside. If you entered the building on the 1st floor and had enough hoseline to drop the nozzle outside, if the hoseline has no more slack then you could bail using the hoseline. I guess my question is why would you enter an upper level with a ladder and a hoseline and not use the ladder to bail?

[GTRider245]

This would be a scenario where the interior attack team was already on the upper floor and hoisted the hose line into that window nozzle first. "Working" end of the line with the nozzle is somewhere in the building while the rest is running out the window, down the side of the building and back to the water source.

[felio182]

so this hose is charged right?

[GTRider245]

Yes. Hose is charged with the nozzle closed and tied off inside the building.

[donuts13]

im in firefighting 1 class in madison

[GTRider245]

Good luck!

[alwysbrdn]

Seems to take a long time to get his feet around the hose. I a real flashover you don't have this time

[angimalchevez]

you may as well grab a lamp off the nearest nghtstand and jump

[angimalchevez]

so your grabbing a hose thats nozzle is loose in the building and using it to climb out???so now you and the nozzle are going for a ride 2 stories down, and taking the hose out of another firefighters hands so "you" can egress?

[smokingtdi]

@cjskiall It's for when you enter on a lower level and then have to bail once you've gone upstairs and can't leave the way you came in. We are not assigned personal bail out kits, this is one of the options we were shown. You would want to hook your leg around the hose better to provide more friction, the point is that you could hang with most of your body outside of the window while having an arm and leg hooked inside. This would greatly increase chance of survival in a flashover

[reesk92]

aww so you dont run down the coridoor chased by flames and jump out the window vin diesel style as the flames explode around you hehe also that boy needs to get his ass moving hes gonna die if he dont move his ass

[hmzaadam]

how is he even a firefighter i hope he is not in my town or Im screwed

[RFDlifer]

@alwysbrdn True, but those are worse case scenarios. They are not always pretty or safe but goal is to get into a better environment than one you are in. And even hanging outside like that you're better off than inside.

Also on a fire scene you would most likely have someone at the bottom who could help swing the hose so you can wrap around it.

[dcassel989]

@cheko:

Parallel Ladder raise will do just fine.

[soccadude123]

I'm in college now to be a firefighter...gonna put the wet stuff on the red stuff

[CrapMoShTank]

I would not want that dude saving me thats for sure.

[dynodonfb7]

Never seen it done, but also heard tale of a halligan or tool bail out where you tie off on a tool, place the tool in the window sill, and lower yourself down. Granted this would take some time and pretty f'reaking dangerous, but when all your cards are on the table and there is no other way.....I suppose.