Fire Safety Equipment Articles
Fire hose comes in many different sizes, lengths, colors, and pressure ratings. In order to buy the correct fire hose you will first need to determine the nature of your application. For example, will the fire hose be dragged through mud or driven over by vehicles? The circumstances of your application will dictate which fire hose you ultimately need to purchase. Once you have determined the application, you can begin to sort through the available types of fire hose based on their individual...
We receive a lot of phone calls and e-mails during the day regarding fire hose. A great number of those calls begin the same way - "Hello. I'm looking for fire hose." My reply is usually, "what's your application?" People will often say fire hose when they're actually looking for mill hose. And you can hardly blame them, as fire hose and mill hose look nearly identical. But, in many applications fire...
At American Fire Hose & Cabinet we get a lot of questions regarding thread type on everything from fire hose to fire hose fittings and adapters. In the fire protection industry there are two main thread types - fire hose thread and pipe thread.
Fire hose thread (or simply 'hose thread') is typically expressed as NST (or NH) thread. It is a straight, coarse thread most commonly used on fire hose. People often think they need...
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