Appendix 1

                                                                   6.4 Conditions for exercise

                                                                         “Combat Deployment”

For exercise “Combat Deployment” the button start motor pump is used with  supplement equipment as follows:

The organization hosting the competition is to provide fire fighting equipment (water hoses, pumps etc.)

Targets (with volume 15 liters) should be made of transparent material.

The water tank is placed 4 meters left of the board. Pump, hoses, joint, grid, wrenches are placed on the board. The equipment should not exceed the board edges, sucking hoses excluded, which should not touch the ground.

When equipment is placed on the board all joints should be separated with the distance between the claws no less than 50 mm.

Starting line is put 10 meters from the center of the board to the direction of the movement, before, beyond  and to the right from the board.  The team of 7 people takes the start from any of the lines at the same time.  

After the ”Start” signal is given the participants reach the board, connect the main hose with the pump, with the joint and run 2 operational lines of 2 hoses each, hose end handlers takes up the position (95 meters from the start). Along with this sucking hoses, pump and sucking grid are connected all together.

The pump starts, the water sucks from the tank (of 1000 liters) and goes to the hoses ends by operational hoses. The exercise is done when all 2 targets (10 liters each) are filled with water by the hose end handlers.

When the equipment is put before “the start” signal, outer joint, gas screw and  blind joint are left open.

While doing “Combat Deployment” exercise the team could be disqualified in cases as follows:

·          2 false starts,

·          connect hoses before the start,

·          put the equipment out of the board, sucking hoses are excluded.

·          while handling the hose end a sportsman touches the line,

·          when sucking grid is not fixed with the hose before putting hose into the water or while doing the exercise,

·          when exceed the time limit of 5 minutes  after they called by the judge to the start and the pump is put on the board,

·          complete the exercise using the non -standard gear.

Notes:

-          each team is recommended to be given  the equipment (hoses) separately,

-          hose end handlers are allowed to help each other while filling the targets but operating from his position without touching the separating line put from the limit line 15 meters towards the run way,

-          for  “Combat Deployment” exercise the tank and the board are placed along their central axel.

-          while performing the exercise the athletes are not allowed to touch the boundary line.

-          the result is to be fixed additionally by digital video camera.