Staff member, Instructor, led a training demonstration describing how to reload a 1 3/4-inch modified minute-mount hose bundle onto a truck, outlining the sequence of rolls, connections and securing steps.

The session opened with the instructor’s overview: "Today, we're gonna be going over the reloading of the inch and 3 quarter modified minute mount." That introduction was followed by a step-by-step walkthrough of the technique and measurements to use.

Why this matters: the procedure defines how hose sections are arranged, connected and secured so the load fits the tray and is ready for deployment from apparatus.

The instructor directed trainees first to lay out all four sections of hose. Two sections should be rolled "normally" and two rolled "backwards with the male end exposed." The two rolled backwards are then unrolled and measured using a 6-foot New York hook as a tool, "leaving approximately 12 to 18 inches of the male end as a tail on 1 end of the hook," the instructor said.

Working from the end closest to the crew, the instructor said trainees should bend the hose at each end of the hook and move the coupling toward the nozzle end while creating a pull loop on the opposite end of the bundle. After fitting the appropriate nozzle and wrapping it around the end of the bundle, secure the bundle with three green straps: one on the nozzle, one on the opposite end and one in the middle. The instructor said to place what was referred to in the session as the "bridal" into the tray once the bundle is secured.

For the remaining two sections, the instructor described a two-layer flat load. The flat load should leave about 12 to 18 inches of the female end as a tail and move that tail "towards the lateral center." While making the flat load, the instructor said to create a pull loop on each end near the coupling. The male end of the flat load is then connected to the female end of the previously made bundle.

After assembling and connecting the bundle and flat load, the loaded tray is placed onto the truck and the remaining female end is attached to the truck, completing the reload sequence.

The instructor’s directions focused on measurements (6-foot hook; 12–18 inch tails), roll orientation (two rolled normally, two rolled backward), securing (three green straps), and order of operations (bundle assembly, nozzle attachment, flat-load construction, tray loading). No formal vote or policy decision was taken during this session; the transcript records an instructional demonstration only.