In this episode Ray McCormack reviews the New York Standpipe fold, a common hose pack used for deploying hose in standpipe equipped buildings.
This episode gives an overview of the hose bundle, its deployment, and how to repack it.
Ray McCormack
Ray McCormack is a Lieutenant and thirty seven year veteran of the FDNY, Fire Department of New York. He is a panel member for both the UL Fire Stream Attack Study and Coordinated Fire Attack Study. He delivered the Keynote "True Values of a Firefighter" at FDIC in 2009. He was the co creator of Urban Firefighter Magazine. He lectures on tactics, leadership and culture in the American Fire Service.
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