XD Washdown Kit (Episode #95)

On scene after the fire clean up is more important now that it has ever been to remove contaminates from gear and equipment. Chris Martin shows us the XD Washdown Kit in this episode which has everything you need to do this effectively. Made of up components you are not going to find at your big box store, the XD washdown kit is built to last and stand up to firefighter use fire after fire.
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[@fever4174]

Personally I think it would be very effective to just use the fire hose

[@mikesupczenski5867]

Yes but what do you wash the fire hose with. We used something Similar while packing our attack lines back

[@fever4174]

@@mikesupczenski5867 the fire hydrant

[@nicke1903]

Booster Line works pretty good, also we had a few reducer caps on discharge to garden hose. When it came to washing hose we had a appliance built that was a big ol peice of pipe about 1/4in material,dbl walled with maybe 2in between the walls6-8 in diameter(inside)2 handles welded on each side(heavy), a bunch of holes drilled through it at a angle all the way around on the inside 360 with a 2.5in coupling welded on to supply it. It will feed it through on it's on with the water once its started, then just pull it back through by hand against the angle of the water, it does a great job. There was a member made it sometime around the 80's, and it's still serving today, cleaning the nastiest of hose, dont get too awful wet doing it either.

[@mikesupczenski5867]

@@fever4174 and get your hose dirty again while you pack it? No way, just did all that work to lay it on the ground. Ours is rinsed as it’s going in