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A hose tower is a structure constructed for hanging firehoses to dry. Hose towers have been features of some fire station designs in Canada, Germany, and the United States. The purpose of such towers was to hang and dry canvas hoses, slowing the deterioration caused if the hoses were not dried thoroughly. Fire stations can also have towers for other purposes: a clock tower or bell tower or drill tower for firemen to practice. In Australia, especially, some fire stations had watch towers for looking for smoke, presumably in relatively flat areas and in spread out low towns where an extra story or two of elevation provided for an extremely wide range of vision, perhaps 360 degrees. Before radio/telephone communications, in the U.S. and Australia and elsewhere, fire lookout towers were also s

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  • Schlauchturm (de)
  • Hose tower (en)
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  • Der Schlauchturm und Feuerwehrturm ist ein oft markantes Zeichen einer Feuerwache oder eines Feuerwehrhauses. Hauptsächlich dient er zum Trocknen von Druckschläuchen nach Einsätzen und Übungen. Als die Schläuche noch aus Hanf hergestellt wurden, war das besonders wichtig. Bei heute verwendeten Schläuchen aus Kunstfaser ist dieses Vorgehen nicht mehr zwingend notwendig, aber immer noch sinnvoll, denn bei längerer Lagerung sollten auch die Stauräume schimmelfrei gehalten werden. (de)
  • A hose tower is a structure constructed for hanging firehoses to dry. Hose towers have been features of some fire station designs in Canada, Germany, and the United States. The purpose of such towers was to hang and dry canvas hoses, slowing the deterioration caused if the hoses were not dried thoroughly. Fire stations can also have towers for other purposes: a clock tower or bell tower or drill tower for firemen to practice. In Australia, especially, some fire stations had watch towers for looking for smoke, presumably in relatively flat areas and in spread out low towns where an extra story or two of elevation provided for an extremely wide range of vision, perhaps 360 degrees. Before radio/telephone communications, in the U.S. and Australia and elsewhere, fire lookout towers were also s (en)
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  • Der Schlauchturm und Feuerwehrturm ist ein oft markantes Zeichen einer Feuerwache oder eines Feuerwehrhauses. Hauptsächlich dient er zum Trocknen von Druckschläuchen nach Einsätzen und Übungen. Als die Schläuche noch aus Hanf hergestellt wurden, war das besonders wichtig. Bei heute verwendeten Schläuchen aus Kunstfaser ist dieses Vorgehen nicht mehr zwingend notwendig, aber immer noch sinnvoll, denn bei längerer Lagerung sollten auch die Stauräume schimmelfrei gehalten werden. Im Schlauchturm werden die Schläuche in der Mitte mit einem Flaschenzug aufgezogen. So hängen sie gerade und können gut ablüften und damit zumindest äußerlich trocknen. Durch die überwiegend vorhandene Länge der B-Schläuche von 20 Metern ergibt sich dann eine notwendige Höhe von mindestens zehn Metern zuzüglich der Höhe für den Flaschenzug und der Befestigungen. Hat der Schlauchturm eine Höhe von mindestens 30 Metern, können Schläuche nur an einer Kupplung aufgehängt werden. Dadurch kann Wasser vollständig herauslaufen und der Schlauch von Innen durchtrocknen. Es besteht damit zusätzlich die Möglichkeit, einen 35-Meter-B-Schlauch einer Drehleiter zu trocknen. Beim Neubau einer Feuerwache oder eines Feuerwehrhauses wird der Schlauchturm oft aus finanziellen Gründen weggelassen und durch einen elektrisch betriebenen Schlauchtrockner ersetzt. (de)
  • A hose tower is a structure constructed for hanging firehoses to dry. Hose towers have been features of some fire station designs in Canada, Germany, and the United States. The purpose of such towers was to hang and dry canvas hoses, slowing the deterioration caused if the hoses were not dried thoroughly. Fire stations can also have towers for other purposes: a clock tower or bell tower or drill tower for firemen to practice. In Australia, especially, some fire stations had watch towers for looking for smoke, presumably in relatively flat areas and in spread out low towns where an extra story or two of elevation provided for an extremely wide range of vision, perhaps 360 degrees. Before radio/telephone communications, in the U.S. and Australia and elsewhere, fire lookout towers were also sited on mountain tops or other remote locations with wide views, later, when radio/telephone communications were possible. Hose towers are features of many fire stations, perhaps especially in the U.S. A hose tower is a feature of a historic landmark in Greendale, Wisconsin. In 2001, a campaign was undertaken to restore the only remaining hose tower in Oklahoma. In 2016, a hose tower mounted on top of the city hall in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, was demolished after much public debate. In Australia there are examples of fire-hose drying poles, where hoses are drawn by rope pulley up an outdoor pole, in lieu of an entire hose tower structure. (en)
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