The fire attack hose serves two important purposes: carrying the water crucial for fire suppression and providing firefighters with a lifeline to safety. These hoses are typically made of combustible materials, operate at high pressure, endure extremely harsh and thermally intense environments, face rough storage conditions, and are repeatedly dragged along rough surfaces. This research is an analysis of modern day fire attack hoses with four main areas of research, including: 1. Design and build the very first fire attack hose burn-through database; 2. Analyzing U.S. and international fire hose codes and standards; 3. Gather the first-hand experience of the fire service with the modern fire attack hose; 4. Develop a taxonomy of material properties needed in a next generation fire hose.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Donovan, Joshua T.
• Gates, Patrick Christopher
• Scangas, Christopher Angelo
• Murphy, Jack J.

Subject

• Well-Being
• Security
• Innovation
• Community
• Computing

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-011217-151805

Keyword

• Fire prevention
• Fire protection engineering

Advisor

• Notarianni, Kathy Ann
• Ranellone, Raymond

Year

• 2017

Date created

• 2017-01-12

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-30