MAKING A MORE COMPACT HOTEL PACK

在设计和购买火灾设备时,提供足够的存储空间是一个巨大的挑战。近年来,驾驶设备的设备量显着增加。不幸的是,设备的尺寸不如设备量的快速增长。因此,更好地利用设备存储空间非常重要。

例如,Ashtabula(OH)消防局需要额外的存储空间来使我们的轻型消防软管。无论我们多么难以将被困的空气最小化,我们的酒店包装都保留了大量的被困空气。我们尝试了许多消除空气的方法。没有一个完全有效。

One day, a solution came to me: Why not use a simple shop vacuum cleaner? The general procedure is to cap one end of the hose and evacuate the air from the other end with a shop vacuum. It might sound a little odd, but it works.

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MAKING A MORE COMPACT HOTEL PACK

BY STEPHEN CHASE

在设计和购买火灾设备时,提供足够的存储空间是一个巨大的挑战。近年来,驾驶设备的设备量显着增加。不幸的是,设备的尺寸不如设备量的快速增长。因此,更好地利用设备存储空间非常重要。

例如,Ashtabula(OH)消防局需要额外的存储空间来使我们的轻型消防软管。无论我们多么难以将被困的空气最小化,我们的酒店包装都保留了大量的被困空气。我们尝试了许多消除空气的方法。没有一个完全有效。

One day, a solution came to me: Why not use a simple shop vacuum cleaner? The general procedure is to cap one end of the hose and evacuate the air from the other end with a shop vacuum. It might sound a little odd, but it works.

经过几次试验后,我们开发了一种简单有效的技术。使用该技术之前和之后进行的测量表明,酒店包装所占用的空间减少了50%以上。即使存储空间不是问题,也要想到携带更紧凑的软管包的容易程度。

Start the evolution by stretching the hose its entire length (photo 1). Lay the hose out straight and flat; any bends will inhibit removing the air.


(1)作者的照片。

最有效的方法是将整个酒店包作为一个长连接的软管进行吸尘。对于我们的部门,这意味着连接一个100英尺和50英尺的软管。我们的部门在此配置中同时使用1 1/2 - 和2 1/2英寸的软管酒店包装。尽管该技术将与较小的部分一起使用,但必须将软管牢固地夹紧以防止空气浸润,同时连接其他部分。我们尝试的一种方法是将软管挤三倍并紧紧挤压(照片2)。


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软管伸展并铺设平坦,将盖子或插头放在另一端,另一端将喷嘴放在另一端(照片3、4)。我们发现,商店真空吸尘器的两英寸真空软管非常适合1 1/2英寸和2 1/2英寸平滑荷荷底喷嘴。实际上,拟合度使真空软管打开时,真空软管保持牢固地固定在喷嘴上。无需持有它。


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For nozzles on which the vacuum hose doesn’t fit, a little duct tape should suffice, or you may be forced to assemble your own adapter to make the connection. Using reducers and double males should allow for the attachment of a smaller nozzle. You might have to use a little imagination to find a suitable solution.

With the vacuum hose over the nozzle, turn on the vacuum. Moving the hose a little speeds up removal of the air. A simple tap with a boot is sufficient. In some instances, you may need to “squeegee” the hose with your fingers to remove all the trapped air (photo 5). It takes a few moments to remove all the air. It took up to a minute to remove the air from 150 feet of 2 1/2 -inch hose. It will be readily apparent when the air has been evacuated.


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接下来,以您部门要求的任何方式收拾软管,从封盖的端开始,返回真空软管端。保持真空固定(照片6)。否则,在包装软管时,您将不得不用附着的喷嘴移动真空。这很困难,因为您必须将真空吸尘器放在长长的延伸线上,并在组装包装时抚摸真空和喷嘴。


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The best method is to leave the shop vacuum running throughout the packing evolution, which minimizes air infiltration into the hose. Once the hotel pack is completed, the folds within the pack will minimize the infiltration of air.

使用此技术可提供巨大的结果。在(照片7)和真空后(照片8)之前注意2 1/2英寸软管(照片7)。使用此技术(照片10)之前(照片9)和之后(照片10)的大量差异同样引人注目。


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Author’s note: Thanks to Ashtabula Fire Department Lieutenant Denny Page, Engineer Roger Harrah, Engineer Mark Dalton, Firefighter Doug Roxberry, and Firefighter Matt Burgett, who assisted in developing the techniques described in this article.

斯蒂芬·蔡斯(Stephen Chase)是工程师的阿什塔比拉(OH)火离开吗ment, where he has served since 1996. In addition to being an Ohio-certified firefighter and emergency medical technician, he is a certified hazardous materials technician and a confined space rescue technician and is certified at the operations level in trench rescue, structural collapse rescue, and rope rescue.