Fire Hose Testing
The 2013 Edition of NFPA 1962, Standard for the Care, Use, Inspection,
Service Testing, and Replacement of Fire Hose, Couplings, Nozzles, and Fire
Hose Appliances:
- • Attack Fire hose shall be service tested to a minimum of 300 psi
- • Supply Fire hose shall be service tested to a minimum of 200 psi
- • Hose Manufactured prior to July 1987 shall be removed from service
- • Service Testing of Nozzles
- • System Test – Each pre-connected line or any attack line used for interior firefighting operations on a fire apparatus, together with the nozzle or hose connected appliance it supplies, shall be flow tested as a system at least annually
- • All non-threaded hose connections shall be provided with locks to ensure against unintentional disconnection
- • Fire hose users and the Authority Having Jurisdiction shall establish a replacement schedule for their fire hose, which takes into consideration the use, age and testing results.
Fire Hose testing Includes:
- • Labeling and Recording of all Information for each length of hose
- • Inspection of all fire hose, Nozzles, Couplings, Gaskets and Appliances in Accordance with NFPA Standards
- • Rolling and Repacking of Fire Hose as it was Removed or Needed
- • Computerized reports supplied with all testing results
