Common Hose Loads & Finishes. The way in which we carry or store fire hose on engine companies and other apparatus with pumps depends on many factors, such as apparatus layout, needed hose lengths, type and size of hose used, available manpower, tradition and/or orders from higher up in the food chain.
Definition of apparatus - the technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose, the complex structure of a particular organizati Definition of apparatus - the technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose, the complex structure of a particular organizati dictionary thesaurus
2. the agency or means by which an effect is produced or a purpose is accomplished. 3. machinery; mechanical appliances. 4. the structure or arrangement of parts of a machine or similar device. 5. routine methods or procedures. 6. the theory that everything in the universe is produced by matter in motion.