Water hose blew off the pumper at a house fire last Tuesday

I was in the middle of a structure fire on Sycamore Street when my attack hose coupling just let go. Water went everywhere, we lost pressure for a solid 45 seconds while I scrambled to reconnect it. Turns out the gasket was dry rotted and nobody caught it on the last inspection. How often do you guys actually check those rubber gaskets on your couplings?

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bettyh8419h ago

Pretty sure the last time someone checked those gaskets on our truck was back when we still had a dalmatian. Found one so brittle last month it crumbled in my hand like an old cracker. We started doing a quick visual check every Monday morning now after a close call.

hill.barbara18h ago

Oh man, Monday checks saved us too after a similar scare last fall.