The Making of All Risk Innovations

I have been in the fire service for almost 42 years but I only started thinking about this business venture when I was on my last “out of district” assignment before my retirement. Although I have been making them for decades on the app deck or in the grass, I was getting tired of trying to find a smooth clean area to make the ganzer/gnass/cleveland style packs that we used, so we wouldn’t wear the edge of the hose. I saw most of the strike teams around us were having the same problems. There had to be a better way to make progressive hose packs while keeping the firefighters off their knees and out of the dirt. While out on assignment there is no good way to make packs that isn’t labor intensive, hard on the hose or hard on the knees. 

Until now! I invented the Crossfire hose winder for wildland hose to be compact in storage, fast, and durable. It is hitch mounted and folds up to about the size of a cot so it will store well on your engine. An adaptation of this roller is the Crossfire winder for structure hose. Making cleveland/garden style packs for apartment and stairwell attack with 1-3/4” hose has never been easier or faster. 

I pledge to continue to use my experience to bring you quality products that will make your job easier and safer.