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2. Dixon Valve & Coupling Company - Wikipedia

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   Dixon Valve & Coupling Company, LLC [1] is a manufacturer and supplier of hose fittings and accessories. The company, often referred to as just Dixon, offers products for fire protection, food processing, dairy processing, beverage and brewery operations, industrial manufacturing, mining, construction, chemical processing, petroleum processing and refining, oilfields, mobile tankers and ...

3. Hose reel - Wikipedia

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   A hose reel is a cylindrical spindle made of either metal, fiberglass, or plastic and is used for storing a hose. The most common styles of hose reels are spring driven (which is self retracting), hand crank, or motor driven. Hose reels are categorized by the diameter and length of the hose they hold, the pressure rating and the

4. Fire hose - Wikipedia

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   Hoses up to 12 in (30.5 cm) in diameter with pressure ratings up to 150 psi (10.3 bar; 1,030 kPa) are now available. These hoses are expected to find applications in large-scale industrial firefighting, as well as in disaster relief efforts and military operations. [17] Fire hoses come in a variety of diameters.

5. Firefighters tackle industrial estate vehicle fire - AOL

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   Firefighters respond after three large vehicles catch fire at an industrial estate in Swindon. ... and two hose reel jets were used. Crews finally left the scene at 12:00 GMT on Tuesday, the ...

6. Glossary of firefighting equipment - Wikipedia

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   a handcart, vehicle, or trailer adapted for storing and hauling hose and related equipment; used by industrial fire brigades with large buildings, or where supplemental hoses are needed beyond that normally carried on a fire engine; also used for taking attack hose into a high-rise and for returning dirty, wet hose to the station instead of ...

7. John Morris and Sons Salford - Wikipedia

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   John Morris senior invented and patented his Morris instantaneous coupling for fire hoses in 1876. (1876: Hose-Coupling, No.175,232). Not only was coupling instantaneous but the water flow was much less restricted. It became a British Standard coupling (BS 336) at the time of the Second World War, and is now known as British Instantaneous. [2]