Once we receive a signed Hose Testing Agreement, we will schedule an onsite test date for the customer and AHTS, Inc. That day, AHTS, Inc. arrives with its staff and hose testing equipment, ready to test. The engines are digital imaged as to how that engine is loaded. All fire hose is removed, layed out pressure tested, reloaded and recorded onto a notebook PC. A hose test report  is mailed to the customer within 2 weeks. A CD is also provided with the certified report. The CD may be uploaded into your existing inventory database program.

Our company will do the entire job with our personnel and equipment! Here is a step-by-step approach to how it is done.

Every fire department loads their engines in a unique way. Some fire departments have all different loads on each engine. AHTS will input how every engine is loaded, specifically how many feet are in each bed, how the lays are loaded and the location of any other hose on the engine.

All the fire engine hoses are unloaded. The pre-connects, hose bundles and rolls are removed and setup for pressure testing. Each hose is hand inspected for any defects and sorted based on test pressures required by the NFPA Standards.

Every hose must have an identification number and they can vary as much as hose loads between fire departments. If your department has an inventory system that has already been established within the department, those numbers are used accordingly. If the department has no numbering system, AHTS, Inc. creates a unique bar code labeling system that can be reused for testing every year.

Our equipment has been developed to meet NFPA Standards. The testing equipment has been designed to handle the highest possible pressure of hose testing (some hose is required to be tested at 400 psi).When we test each hose we'll exceed the required time needed to hold preesure.

Every hose is rolled and inspected before reloading to prevent any dry rot, air or water for more professional looking loads. Once we reloading the hose, we review our hose load digital image to make sure that the hose returns the way we originally found it.

AHTS, will then load all data into our database program, we will report all testing data and provide your department a CD plus written documentation of all the hose records. You will receive a Gold Seal Certificate of Testing, printout of Testing Reports and a CD of your fire hose inventory and testing results.

Once AHTS finishes testing your hose, you are in complete compliance with regards to NFPA 1962 in compliance with Annual Hose Service Testing.