Hose Wagon 1 : (1) An apparatus chiefly used to supply hose, usually equipped with a booster pump. (2) A pumping engine used as a hose tender in a two-piece engine company. See also: Hose Tender
Ralph W. Burklin & Robert G. Purington, Fire Terms: A Guide to Their Meaning and Use, National Protection Association, Boston, MA 1980 USA. (Guide: Meaning and Use, Nat Prot Association Fr Srvc - Amer) {457}