NFPA 1901 Interim Update-Securing Hose

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Definetly something needed...always have felt like loose hose on top of a truck is kind of old-school.

NFPA 1901

Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus

1. Add a new 15.10.7 to read as follows:

15.10.7* Any hose storage area shall be equipped with a positive means to prevent unintentional deployment of the

hose from the top, sides, front, and rear of the hose storage area while the apparatus is underway in normal

operations.

2. Add a new annex paragraph to 15.10.7 to read as follows:

A.15.10.7 Many fire departments have experienced fire hose inadvertently coming off fire apparatus while

traveling to and from incidents. Several incidents have resulted in personal injury and damage to property. At least

one death is directly attributable to an unintentional deployment of fire hose during a response. It is imperative that

the fire apparatus manufacturer provide and the fire department use a means to assure this does not occur.

Fire departments and manufacturers have developed various methods of preventing inadvertent deployment of fire

hose including: fully enclosed hose beds covers, buckled straps, hook and loop straps, fabric covers, webbing

mesh, wind deflectors, and other material restraints or combination of restraints. It is also important that fire

departments develop methods of storing hose connected nozzles and appliances in a manner that does not promote

the inadvertent deployment of the hose, nozzle or appliance.

2003 Edition

Reference: 15.10.7 and A.15.10.7

TIA 03-1(NFPA 1901)

(SC-05-10-15/Log 828)

Pursuant to Section 5 of the NFPA Regulations Governing Committee Projects, the National Fire Protection Association has issued the

following Tentative Interim Amendment to NFPA 1901, Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus, 2003 edition. The TIA was processed by

the Fire Department Apparatus Committee, and was issued by the Standards Council on October 27, 2005, with an effective date of

November 18, 2005.

A Tentative Interim Amendment is tentative because it has not been processed through the entire standards-making procedures. It is

interim because it is effective only between editions of the standard. A TIA automatically becomes a proposal of the proponent for the

next edition of the standard; as such, it then is subject to all of the procedures of the standards-making process

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Edited November 15, 2005 by x635