1.2 indicates that firefighting tubes shall be subjected to annual pressure tests of 53 to 53 years in accordance with the 1962 NPA, the care, use, inspection, service tests and replacement of firefighting tubes, couplings, buses and firefighting equipment revised in 2013.

The usual operating pressure of a fire hose can vary between 8 and 20 bar (800 and 2,000 kPa 116 and 290 psi) while according to the standard NFPA 1961 on the fire hose, its burst pressure exceeds 110 bar. (11,000 kPa 1600psi) The hose is one of the essential components of the fire fighting equipment.

There are three lines of standard size hoses that the fire department uses as first line attack line 1, 1 and 2 inches. These three lines of common size are used for most downfires and suppression.

How high can a fire hose be fired vertically? Between 75 feet and 100 feet straight, depending on water pressure. In practice, however, ground firefighters rarely try to reach more than 40 feet with pipes.

A length of 200 tubes loaded 2 weighs about 360 lbs., so 100 feet (the length needed to advance the hose) weighs 180 lbs.