What makes the Cleveland Load such a useful technique isn’t in how the hose is packed, it’s in the way the hose is deployed at a fire. Once removed from the appliance and carried to the point where a firefighter plans to commence advancing on a fire, the hose bundle can simply be placed on the ground, unstrapped and rapidly charged as is. No need to waste valuable seconds bowling, rolling or stretching the hose beforehand.

The end result is a neat coil of charged attack line that unwinds easily as the firefighter advances on the fire.

Why use the Cleveland Load over regular rolled or flaked hose?
If you aren’t yet sold on the benefits of the Cleveland Load over a regular rolled or flaked hose here are a few obvious ones:

The Cleveland Load can be charged without needing to roll or stretch the full hose line. Perfect for tight spaces (think high rise stairwell or thick bush at a wildfire) and for saving valuable time at fires
Once charged the hose holds it shape without kinking or unravelling into a large mess
The charged line can be quickly advanced and stretched by one firefighter
It is relatively easy to carry the packed load long distances over a shoulder or in an attack pack or carry bag
There are a couple of drawbacks with the Cleveland Load that you should consider, mainly being that you need to make sure you roll it correctly for it to deploy properly (practice makes perfect) and that it tends to be bulkier than regular rolled hose.

Where can the Cleveland Load be used?
You can use the Cleveland Load in any setting where you need to quickly charge and deploy an attack line, but there are 2 settings where the Cleveland Load really shines:

High rise / apartment fires

For urban fire crews, the Cleveland Load is absolute gold for high rise or apartment fires. Stretch a line of hose to the point of advance, connect an attack line in Cleveland Load configuration, charge it and you’re on your way.

Forget about bowling an attack line in a landing or hallway and don’t ever worry again about kinks or messy hose lines in stairwells. Tight spaces where fast deployment is required is where the Cleveland Load really stands out.

Bush and wildfires

The wildfire setting is where the Cleveland Load first came into its own and when you think about it, it isn’t hard to see why. If you’ve ever worked in wildfire then you’ve probably uttered a few curse words while trying to bowl a rolled hose over rough terrain and through trees without it going everywhere or flopping over in a mess.

Imagine if there was a way to pack a hose that could be quickly and easily connected to the end of a line in a space where there’s little room to bowl a hose. You see where we’re going here…

Check out this video below of firefighters from the Tasmanian Fire Service deploying a Cleveland Load during a bushfire.
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