Love it! As a former firefighter I never thought of this idea, but I know how well it works. Tell your hubby firefighters to fold hose like this, the hose on the top of the engines, or beds as we call them, is laid in folding fashion to be able to rapidly pull it off the engine at a fire. This hose is pre-connected to the engine/pump/water supply. Additional hose is rolled because it has to be stored in a compartment and then connected to a preconnected hose. Anyway, thanks for the wonderful idea, looks like my hubby has a new job.