Firefighting Fridays: Stretching Hose

January 14, 2022

1 min read

In this Firefighting Fridays session, Jeff Shupe and the crew discuss stretching hose from the tailboard to the fire.

The panel: Jeff Shupe, Jerry Knapp, Jeff Diederich, Chad Gruver, and Micah Hydeman

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