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Speed, safety, and consistency start in the hose bed. Explore five popular packing styles and how setup affects real-world fireground performance.
The LD™ Hose
LD™
Durable, Dependable and Better by Design.
Lightweight extruded rubber hose
LD™ is a premium quality extruded thru-the-weave, nitrile rubber fire hose. It’s an easily coiled, nonkinking, high flow, lightweight hose that also resists abrasion, chemicals, and weathering by ozone.
Attack Hose
Klean
High Rise Hose
Features & Benefits
- Extruded thru-the-weave, nitrile rubber fire hose. The reinforcement has circular woven, twill weave, and nylon fibers.
- Highly resistant to both conductive and radiant heat.
- Hose remains flexible at temperatures as low as -40ºF (-40ºC) and is resistant to ozone, oxidation, and most chemicals and petrochemicals.
- Maintenance free, no drying required, and is easily cleaned.
- Lightweight and kink resistant at low pressures makes this hose superior for high rise firefighting.
- Manufactured in accordance with NFPA 1960 Standard, latest edition within our ISO-9001:2015 certified quality assurance system.
Hose Sizing and Testing Standards
For specific data, please view and download the technical data sheet.
Easy to Coil, Non-Kinking, High-Flow:
- Attack
- USA Made
- Klean Hose
- Lifetime delamination warranty
- 10-year warranty
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