Uploaded January 2018 | Updated September 2026, 14 minutes ago
This skill video demonstrates how to deploy and operate an ARFF vehicle handline to extinguish a fuel spill fire.
1. Access the handline.
a. Unlock the hose reel, if necessary.
b. Remove security netting/open hoseline compartment.
2. Pull the handline.
a. Fully deploy the handline.
b. Properly position the handline to avoid kinking or knotting.
3. Charge the handline.
4. Open the nozzle to bleed air from the handline.
CAUTION: Open the nozzle slowly to reduce nozzle reaction.
5. Test hose stream pattern.
6. Close the nozzle.
CAUTION: Close the nozzle slowly to reduce water hammer.
7. Advance the handline toward the fire maneuvering around obstacles, as needed.
8. Approach the fire.
9. Operate the nozzle at appropriate pressure and flow using prescribed techniques until fire is extinguished.
NOTE: Practice agent conservation.
10. Back away, maintain situational awareness.
This skill video demonstrates how to deploy and operate an ARFF vehicle handline to extinguish a fuel spill fire.
1. Access the handline.
a. Unlock the hose reel, if necessary.
b. Remove security netting/open hoseline compartment.
2. Pull the handline.
a. Fully deploy the handline.
b. Properly position the handline to avoid kinking or knotting.
3. Charge the handline.
4. Open the nozzle to bleed air from the handline.
CAUTION: Open the nozzle slowly to reduce nozzle reaction.
5. Test hose stream pattern.
6. Close the nozzle.
CAUTION: Close the nozzle slowly to reduce water hammer.
7. Advance the handline toward the fire maneuvering around obstacles, as needed.
8. Approach the fire.
9. Operate the nozzle at appropriate pressure and flow using prescribed techniques until fire is extinguished.
NOTE: Practice agent conservation.
10. Back away, maintain situational awareness.
