We had a drill Tuesday where 3 man teams had to advance a 3" charged hose up to the 5th floor of our burn tower.
No well. No windows. No rope. Just 3 men and a charged line.
We did this sans SCBA, but today we're doing it again, with our packs, on air.
Needless to say, it is a sonofayouknowwhat.
We tried rolling the hose, and that helped, but are there any tips/tricks? I know a big part of it is just plain hard work, but I also want to work SMART, you know what I mean?
If nobody has any ideas, I'd like to know what you think about this one. I don't like it because it eventually spreads out the three guys too far apart, but anyway, here it is. The three FFs start off close to each other, muscling the charged line together up the firs flight and around the first corner. When the line starts to constrict around the corner, the last FF drops back and pulls up more slack at the point of constriction. The other two guys continue together until once again, in another flight or two, the hose constricts around a corner, then the number two guy falls back and pulls up more slack (the number three guy is now a floor below him, helping to push the slack HE created UP to the second guy).
So basically my idea starts off with three FFs together, but as they advance, they peel off the back as necessary to pull up hose.
I know, this is not the ideal way to advance hose. Ideally, if there were no well or window options, I would uncharge the lines and all three guys would go up together with the lines on their shoulders. But it's not my drill, and I have to play by the rules. Any ideas are appreciated.