From the Salina Fire Facebook page:
Did you know the fire hose carried on our fire trucks has to be pressure tested every year.
This mean we have to unload all the hose off the truck and test it to a certain pressure depending on if it is attack hose or supply hose. You may have noticed the fire trucks in parking lots last week and this week and wondered what they were doing. While we encourage you to stop by and interact with the crews, we would ask that you give us room when we are testing the hoses for your safety.
For those wondering how much hose we carry on our fire trucks below is the breakdown.
1.75" - 700 feet - primary fire attack lines
2.5" - 400 feet - large diameter fire attack lines for large buildings
3" - 600 feet - supply for extended large lines on large buildings or supply to standpipes and sprinkler systems
5" - 1,050 feet - supply line used to connect to fire hydrants
Total hose carried - 2,750 feet per fire truck
