A Mothers Concern Over Fire Hose

[Flashpoint 94]

A mother's loss drives the discussion over possible

improvements to fire hoses.

http://www.nfpa.org/newsandpublications/nfpa-journal/2016/january-february-2016/columns/first-responder

[Viper 139]

Boston FD is a busy job and notoriously rough on their equipment. I wonder how much wear and tear and maintenance factored in?

[bad box 371]

One thing is for sure, not all fire hose is created equal. A lot of hose is manufactured in China as a result of rich corporate types who don't want to pay Americans a living wage for them to produce a quality product.

[antiquefirelt 994]

I think this may be a tough situation, but there are so many variables at work in that fire that attributing the death of two Brother's to the poor thermal protection of their line is going to hard to show. While we have hoses fail, it's by far not a common occurrence that we plan for.

[kinkchaser 352]

Has there ever been published findings from this fire ,soon to be two years ago. Most were sickened by the radio tapes and some are still wondering what was the outcome of the probe