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WATER DELIVERY COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES<br />

Hose Dispensers and Storage<br />

b. Rhode Island hose pack<br />

c. Canadian style hose pack<br />

Construction and material: Hose rolled<br />

on a Rhode Island hose roller is opened<br />

and connected in a hose bag. Hose will<br />

then lay precoupled without kinking.<br />

Written material:<br />

Dept. of Environmental Management<br />

Division of Forest Environment<br />

1037 Hartford Pike<br />

North Scituate, RI 02857<br />

Construction and material:Cordura nylon<br />

outer pack with cardboard box inside to<br />

hold hose. The pack holds 400 feet of 12-<br />

inch synthetic weeping hose. The hose is<br />

woven on a plywood jig and then inserted<br />

into a cardboard box. The cardboard box<br />

reduces the need to have every pack in the<br />

Cordura nylon outer pack. Once a box is<br />

used, it can be taken out of the pack and a<br />

full one put in. Approximate weight is 54<br />

pounds.<br />

Written material:<br />

Northeast Interagency Fire Cache<br />

402 SE 11 th Street<br />

Grand Rapids, MN 55744<br />

135

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