There are several types of corrupt advised accurately for the blaze service. Those advised to accomplish beneath absolute burden are alleged acquittal hoses. They cover advance hose, accumulation hose, broadcast hose, forestry hose, and booster hose. Those advised to accomplish beneath abrogating burden are alleged assimilation hoses.

Attack corrupt is a fabric-covered, adjustable corrupt acclimated to accompany baptize from the blaze pumper to the nozzle. This corrupt ranges in nominal central bore from 1.5 in (38 mm) to 3.0 in (76 mm) and is advised to accomplish at pressures up to about 400 psi (2,760 kPa). The accepted breadth is 50 ft (15.3 m).[8]

Supply and broadcast hoses are large-diameter, fabric-covered, adjustable hoses acclimated to accompany baptize from a abroad hydrant to the blaze pumper or to broadcast baptize from one pumper to addition over a continued distance. These hoses ambit in nominal central bore from 3.5 in (89 mm) to 5.0 in (127 mm). They are advised to accomplish at pressures up to about 300 psi (2,070 kPa) for the abate diameters and up to 200 psi (1,380 kPa) for the beyond diameters. The accepted breadth is 100 ft (30.6 m).[9]

Forestry corrupt is a fabric-covered, adjustable corrupt acclimated to action fires in grass, brush, and copse area a failing corrupt is bare in adjustment to action it over abrupt or asperous terrain. Forestry corrupt comes in 1.0 in (25 mm) and 1.5 in (38 mm) nominal central diameters and is advised to accomplish at pressures up to about 450 psi (3,105 kPa). The accepted breadth is 100 ft (30.6 m).

Booster corrupt is a rubber-covered, thick-walled, adjustable corrupt acclimated to action baby fires. It retains its annular array if it is not beneath burden and is usually agitated on a reel on the blaze pumper, rather than getting stored flat. Booster corrupt comes in 0.75 in (19 mm) and 1.0 in (25 mm) nominal central diameters and is advised to accomplish at pressures up to 800 psi (5,520 kPa). The accepted breadth is 100 ft (30.6 m).[10]

Suction hose, sometimes alleged harder suction, is usually a rubber-covered, semi-rigid corrupt with centralized metal reinforcements. It is acclimated to blot baptize out of unpressurized sources, such as ponds or rivers, by agency of a vacuum. Assimilation corrupt ranges in nominal central bore from 2.5 in (64 mm) to 6.0 in (152 mm). The accepted breadth is 10 ft (3.1 m). Addition assimilation hose, alleged a bendable suction, is in fact a abbreviate breadth of fabric-covered, adjustable acquittal corrupt acclimated to affix the blaze pumper assimilation basin with a pressurized hydrant. It is not a accurate assimilation corrupt as it cannot bear a abrogating pressure.