Open AccessDevelopment of Firefighting Equipment for Efficient Firefighting Strategy (Development of New Hose)
Author(s) -
Yoshiaki Miyazato,
Takumi Sasaki,
Masaki Sakaguchi,
Atsushi Nakamura
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2015.p0613
Subject(s) - firefighting , environmental science , forensic engineering , engineering , organic chemistry , chemistry
We have developed new firefighting hoses and compared them to conventional hoses, measuring their pressure loss when water alone or mixed water passed through. As a result, it is found that the new hoses have lower pressure loss than conventional hoses, and fewer kinks and they are more durable.