Hose reels
in some larger buildings it is considered advantageous to provide wet mains that are rising fitted with fire fighting hose reels. These are provided to be used by both the occupants of the building and fire service personnel. In reality standard fire servce operations generally ignore fixed fire fighting hose reels in buildings and connect their own equipment to rising mains. However, the provision of hose reels does ensure that water for fire fighting is available in greater quantities than portable fire extinguishers