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
1. (General Engineering) a collection of instruments, machines, tools, parts, or other equipment used for a particular purpose. 2. (General Engineering) a machine having a specific function: breathing apparatus. 3. the means by which something operates; organization: the apparatus of government. 4. (Anatomy) anatomy any group of organs having a specific function. [C17: from Latin, from apparÄre to make ready]. (Ëaep ËÃ¦p ÉËraet, -ÉËrÃ¦t És). ËreÉª., tÉs. n pl