NFPA-1961 – Fire Hose Standard

Standards on fire hoses for both industrial use and fire department use were among the earliest standards issued by NFPA, with the first standard issued in 1898. NFPA 196 was issued in 1934 as Standard Specification for Cotton Rubber-Lined Fire Hose for Public and Private Fire Department Use. That standard remained in existence until 1958 when the Fire Hose Committee was again constituted to update the requirements. A tentative standard was issued in 1958 and the official standard was published in 1960, recognizing the newer synthetic materials that were being used in the manufacture of fire hoses. The 1960 standard covered fire hose in the 1 in., 1½ in., 2 in., and 2½ in. sizes for single- or multiple-jacket hose and 3 in. and 3½ in. sizes for the multiple-jacket hose.

NFPA 1961 2020 Edition

This edition of NFPA 1961, Standard on Fire Hose, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Fire Hose and acted on by NFPA at its June Association Technical Meeting held June 17–20, 2019, in San Antonio, TX. It was issued by the Standards Council on August 5, 2019, with an effective date of August 25, 2019, and supersedes all previous editions.
This edition of NFPA 1961 was approved as an American National Standard on August 25, 2019.