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28 Cards in this Set
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• Manually Operated Tools
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• Striking • Prying • Cutting • Specialized • Multipurpose |
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Battering Ram |
• Forcible entry, penetrate floors, wall openings for hoselines, rescue work • Two Firefighter Use • Forward Bar Hand Protection • Forked End for Bracing Walls • Blunt End for Forcing Doors • Heavy Duty Prying |
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Sledge Hammer |
• AKA Double Jack • 10 & 12 Pounds • Breaks; Concrete, Tile, Walls, Floors and Metal Bending |
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Crow Bar |
• 4’ Long • 10 Pounds • Prying; Doors, Floors, Equipment • Can move a railroad car with proper application (bevel down) |
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Hayward Bar |
• General Use Prying • Lock Breaking • Window Forcing • Lifting Shutters and Overhead Doors • Ventilation Aide • Door Prying |
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Bolt Cutters |
• 2 Sizes • 1: 24 Inches, 5 Pounds, Medium Steel Up to 3/8” • 3: 36 Inches, 13 Pounds, Medium Steel Up to 9/16” • Never use to electrical wires • Can cut; Iron Bars, Cables, Cyclone Fences, Padlocks (attempt to cut chain first if present – property conservation) |
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Cable Cutters |
• Carried on some apparatus • Chain ratchet and beak cutters • Never used on electrical wires • Can cut through soft metals like; Aluminum and Copper |
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Chisels |
• Various types carried on TFD apparatus, most have hand chisels in tool boxes • Heavy Rescue 22, RRT 19 and RRT 20 carry impact chisels • Eye protection is mandatory and should always be worn |
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Gas Plugs |
• 2 Types • Removable Handle/Expansion Plug • Attached Non-Removable Handle/Expansion Plug • Seals standard size gas lines • Full turnouts and SCBA required while placing plugs |
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Hydrant and Spanner Wrenches |
• Adjustable up to 1 ¾” • 20” Long • 5 Pounds • Handle Adjusts Size • Smaller: Clockwise • Larger: Counter-Clockwise • Spanner wrenches are for tightening or breaking hose couplings 1”-6” |
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Sprinkler Head Stops |
• Allows stopping flow without shutting down sprinkler system • 3 Types • Wedge for frame type heads • Tongs (head shut-off) fits different type heads • Tapered for flush type sprinkler heads |
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Wheel Chocks |
• Metal or Plastic – (no wood chocks) • Used in pairs, front and back of a tire |
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Water Main Valve “T” Wrench |
• AKA street valve wrench • Made to TFD and Water Department standards • 5’ Long • ¾” Diameter • Square Socket • 30” T-Handle • Carried on Ladders/Tenders • Engines and Ladders/Tenders carry a residential “T” |
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Life Belt |
• Extended work on ladders • Nylon, Steel pompier hook and buckles, and sewn Nylon straps • Buckle bottom of strap first to prevent overlooking it • Snap into rung with gate down |
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Pick Headed Axe |
• Multi-purpose Tool • Used for; Forcible Entry, Search and Rescue, Ventilation, Opening Concealed Spaces, Sounding to Find Rafters or Studs, Breaking Glass (Tempered Glass – Pick, Ordinary Glass – Flat) • Parts • Axis of Handle – 90 Degrees • Pick • Blade • Shoulder • Heel • Belly • Helve • Doe Foot • Heel Cut • Eye • Wedges: Metal and Wood • Metal wedge is put in with the grain or perpendicular to the axe head/wooden wedge (See E&P) |
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• Maintenance (axe) |
• File to Sharpen – Always sharpen towards the eye • Spray with WD-40 to prevent rust |
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• Safety (axe) |
• Watch for overhead obstructions • Never swing overhead like a lumberjack • Always have eye protection • Keep sharp to prevent slippage • No loose handles • Scabbards provided on ladder trucks • Never carried on shoulder • Keep hands higher than the axe head when breaking glass • Carry an unsheathed axe: • Close to your body • Blade Down • One hand over the shoulder of the axe • One hand over the pick |
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Hay Hook |
• On Most Apparatus • Moving and carrying baled materials, crates, cases, cushioned furniture, auto seats and any other soft type materials • Protect tip when stored |
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Pike Pole |
• Varying Lengths • Wood or Fiberglass • Carry Hook Forward and Down • Do not Carry Over Shoulder • Push/Pull Materials or Objects • Open Drywall Ceilings or Walls • Pull Metal Coverings • Sounding Tool for Ventilation Activities • Open Windows • Improvise Slides for Salvage and Littler Stretcher |
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Shovels |
• Round point, square and scoop shovels • Water removal and other liquids |
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Rubbish Hook |
• Roof Operations for Ventilation • Overhaul • Sounding • Pulling Roofing Materials • Pushing in Ceilings • Moving Debris • Ladders Carry Them • Maintenance • Keep metal surfaces burr free • Edges sharpened • Wooden handles maintained with LINSEED OIL |
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Halligan Tool |
• General Forcible Entry Tool • Effective On Wood & Steel Entry Doors • Interior Doors • Security Doors & Bars • Swinging Glass Doors • All Window Types • Dead Bolt Locks • Breaking Glass • Auto Extrication Uses • Used In Conjunction with K-Tool for Removal of Dead Bolt Cylinders • Construction • One Piece Cast Steel • 3’ In Length • Two Ends; Adz End With Spike & Forked End |
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Flat Head Axe |
• Cutting and Striking Tool • Weighs 6-8 Pounds with either a wooden or fiberglass handle |
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Utility Shutoff Bag |
• Bolt Cutters • Claw Hammer • Large Flathead Screwdriver • 2-pairs of Channel Locks • 2 – Crescent Wrenches • Pipe Wrench • Hack-Saw • 2 ½” Spanner Wrench |
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The Irons – Flat Head Axe & Halligan |
• Most common tools used for forcible entry • The flat head axe and halligan are usually paired together with some type of strap • Very effective and will force entry into most doors and windows |
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Minimum Entry Tools for Standard House Fire |
• PPE including SCBA • Communications • Hoseline • Irons • Lighting • TIC |
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K-Tool |
• Used to remove smaller dead bolt cylinders • Called K-Tool due to shape of cutting edge of tool • Used in conjunction with Halligan and Flat Head Axe • Additional key tools to unlock cylinder |
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Tool Box and Slim-Jim Kit |
• Found on all fore apparatus • Contains various automotive tools • Slim-Jim used for non-emergency vehicle lock-outs |
