Tag:tower:type=hose

A hose tower is often a very visible part of a fire station. It is / was used mainly for drying pressure fire hoses after use. Earlies, especially with hemp hoses, it was very important. Now, with fire hoses made from artificial fibres, it is not necessary. But drying still prevents to avoid mould growth. Therefore, there are relatively many of historical towers for drying fire hoses which were rebuilt into training towers (tower:type=firefighter_training), for example to train use of the ladders or rescue from high heights.

There are often emergency sirens and antennas mounted on these towers as well. In such case, map the siren or antenna using a node (e.g. emergency=siren) on the roof top. In that case, it is useful to add the tag location=roof as well.

How to map

Place a node or draw an area of the tower outline.
These towers are often built-in parts of fire stations, but there are (often older) free-standing towers.

• man_made=tower (mandatory)
• tower:type=hose (mandatory)
• building=yes – The tower is free-standing building.
• building:part=yes – The tower is part of the building.
• historic=yes – The tower has a historic value.
• heritage=yes – The tower is protected by a heritage organization.
• height=15 – The tower is 15 meters high.
• name=* – Name of the tower, also local name loc_name=* or old name old_name=*.

Examples

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  Historic tower for drying fire hoses, Paisley, Ontario, 1891

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  Tower for drying fire hoses in old factory Richards of Aberdeen, Scotland

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  Fire tower Zweibrücken, Germany

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  Old fire tower Lübnitz, LK Potsdam, Germany

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  Fire tower Schwetzingen, Germany

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  Tower for drying fire hoses, Duddenhausen, Germany

Mast for drying fire hoses

Some fire brigades do not have a tower for drying fire hoses. They have build a special mast instead to serve for this purpose.
In such case, please place a node and tag it man_made=mast and tower:type=hose.
Even mast can be used to mount sirens or antennas.

See also

• amenity=fire_station
• emergency=siren
• Hose tower on Wikipedia