NFPA 1962, Standard for the Care, Use, Inspection, Service Testing, and Replacement of Fire Hose, Couplings, Nozzles, and Fire Hose Appliances

NFPA 1962 to help ensure fire hose, nozzles, and fire hose appliances prove effective in fire suppression operations.

Updated to address advancements in technology, NFPA 1962: Standard for the Care, Use, Inspection, Service Testing, and Replacement of Fire Hose, Couplings, Nozzles, and Fire Hose Appliances contains the latest criteria for the inspection, care, use, service-testing, and replacement of:

• Fire hose
• Fire hose couplings
• Fire-fighting nozzles
• Fire hose appliance

Coverage also includes requirements for the associated recordkeeping as well as new requirements for a system test of each pre-connected hose line or any attack line used for interior firefighting operations on a fire apparatus together with the nozzle or hose connected appliance it supplies.

Changes in the 2018 edition reflect technologies used in today's field.

This edition of NFPA 1962 features numerous revisions, specifically in the area of pressure control devices as they relate to fire department apparatus and pumps on fire department apparatus. Other changes help ensure that occupant-use hose is included in the service testing portions of the document.

Fire departments as well as individuals and companies that provide testing or inspection of fire hose, nozzles and appliances need to stay up-to-date with NFPA 1962. (Softbound, Approx. 28 pp., 2018)

2018 (NFPA1962-18)