Fire hose
A fire hose is a high-pressure hose that carries water or other fire retardant (such as foam) to a fire to extinguish it. Outdoors, it attaches either to a fire engine or a fire hydrant. Indoors, it can permanently attach to a building's standpipe or plumbing system.
The usual working pressure of a firehose can vary between 8 and 20 bar (800 and 2,000 kPa; 116 and 290 psi) while its bursting pressure can be up to 83 bar (8,300 kPa; 1,204 psi).
After use, a fire hose is usually hung to dry, because standing water that remains in a hose for a long time can deteriorate the material and render it unreliable or unusable. Therefore, the typical fire station often has a high structure to accommodate the length of a hose for such preventative maintenance.
On occasion, fire hoses are used for crowd control (see also water cannon), including most notably by Bull Connor in Alabama against civil rights protestors in 1964. While still a common practice in many countries, it is no longer used in the U.S.
Firehose (band)
Firehose (stylized as fIREHOSE) was an American alternative rock band consisting of Mike Watt (bass, vocals), Ed Crawford (guitar, vocals), and George Hurley (drums). They were initially active from 1986 to 1994, and reunited in 2012.
History
Firehose was formed in the spring of 1986 shortly after the accidental death of D. Boon brought an end to Watt and Hurley's previous band, Minutemen. Crawford, a then 21-year-old Ohio State student and Minutemen fan was invited up on the roof of the Camper Van Beethoven van in Columbus, Ohio. The members of Camper Van Beethoven told Crawford a false rumor that Watt and Hurley were auditioning guitarists for the band. Crawford, having found Watt's phone number in the phone book, called him up and expressed his desire to come out to California and play with them. Still mourning the loss of his friend Boon, Watt initially was not interested and had lost much of his desire to play music, however Crawford's persistence eventually paid off when he showed up unannounced in San Pedro and asked Watt for the chance to come over and play for him. Watt eventually agreed and the two met with Crawford "auditioning" for Watt by playing him The Who's, "I'm One" as well as a few Minutemen songs. Impressed with Crawford's passion and enthusiasm, Watt and Hurley agreed to give the inexperienced "kid" from Ohio a shot and the band was formed. Crawford quickly relocated to San Pedro where he became known as ed fROMOHIO and spent nine months sleeping under a desk in Watt's one bedroom apartment. The name of the band was taken from a short film of Bob Dylan doing "Subterranean Homesick Blues" as Watt thought it was funny when Dylan held up a cue card for the lyric that said "firehose".
Podcasts:
fIREHOSE
ALBUMS
- lowFLOWs: The Columbia Anthology ('91-'93) released: 2012
- Big Bottom Pow-Wow released: 1993
- Mr. Machinery Operator released: 1993
- Live Totem Pole EP released: 1992
- Flyin' the Flannel released: 1991
- fROMOHIO released: 1989
- If'n released: 1987
- Ragin', Full-On released: 1986
- 1987-08-22: Shadowbox Gardens, San Pedro, CA, USA released:
- 1986-07-20: KXLU Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA released:
- 1988-10-07: Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, USA released:
lowFLOWs: The Columbia Anthology ('91-'93)
Released 2012- Down With the Bass
- Up Finnegan's Ladder
- Can't Believe
- Walking the Cow
- Flyin' the Flannel
- Epoxy, for Example
- O'er the Town of Pedro
- Too Long
- The First Cuss
- Anti-Misogyny Maneuver
- Toolin'
- Song for Dave Alvin
- Tien An Man Dream Again
- Lost Colors
- Towin' the Line
- Losers, Boozers & Heroes
- Max and Wells
- Down With the Bass (instrumental)
- The Red and the Black (live)
- Sophisticated Bitch (live)
- Revolution, Part Two (live)
- Slack Motherfucker (live)
- What Gets Heard (live)
- Mannequin (live)
- Makin' the Freeway (live)
1986-07-20: KXLU Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Brave Captain
- Relatin' Dudes to Jazz
- Interview
- Another Theory Shot to Shit
- Choose Any Memory
- Interview / The Ballad of eDfROMOHIO
- Interview
- From One Cums One
- Caroms
- Taking Away the Fire
- Chemical Wire / Under the Influence of Meat Puppets
- Interview
- It Matters
- Perfect Pairs
- Interview
- The Red and the Black
1988-10-07: Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, USA
- For the Singer of R.E.M.
- Hear Me
- If'n
- Sometimes
- Whisperin' While Hollerin'
- Operation Solitaire
- Some Things
- Honey, Please
- Another Theory Shot to Shit
- In My Mind
- Chemical Wire
- On Your Knees
- The Candle and the Flame
- Brave Captain
- Understanding
- Relatin' Dudes to Jazz
- From One Cums One
- Time With You
- She Paints Pictures
- Choose Any Memory
- Me & You, Remembering
- Making the Freeway
- Anger
- Thunder Child
- Sophisticated Bitch
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"Flyin' the Flannel"
by: FirehoseBetter get in, when you get here
Rolling around on floor out the door of the stair way
And the ... play, can't get them down
By any... on the concrete
And the ... and the bass, and the bass
And it's now in your mind
Singing down, down, with the bass
And down, down, down with the bass
Down, down, down with the bass
... Down, down, down with the bass
Put it down, down, down with the bass
Down, down, down, bass
Down, down, down with the bass
... the top of the ... like a dream.
Down, down, down the bass
And down, down, down with the bass
Down, down, down with the bass
Way down, down, down with the bass
Yeah down, down, down, down, down with the bass.
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