are attached to or can be an integral portion of the vertical section 7 of a u shaped support member 2 or a mounting bracket 3 carrying handles 4 can also be attached on the upper frame member 1 carrying handles 4 can be of any design and construction that is suitable for providing a carrying means for transporting the hose storage device of the present invention as attached to the frame of a rescue unit preferably the carrying handles 4 are of sufficient size and shape to accommodate gloved hands of rescue personnel the storage apparatus of the present invention can be mounted to a frame unit in either horizontal or vertical relation to the side of a frame unit and it can be mounted on the top of the frame fig1 illustrates the hose storage device horizontally mounted to the top of a frame of the power unit optionally a plurality of individual storage devices of the present invention can be mounted on a single frame of a rescue unit for example two hose storage devices can be mounted on a frame unit wherein the storage devices can be vertically or horizontally mounted on the frame alternatively a single storage device can be horizontally mounted on the top of the frame unit and a second storage device mounted on the side of the frame unit fig4 and 5 illustrate one embodiment.