Firefighting equipment Firefighting equipment The collapsible Bambi Bucket is an aerial firefighting tool, which is suspended below a helicopter, most often used in combating wildfires but can also be used for tasks such as decontamination. It is able to scoop up water quickly from sources such as ponds, streams, lakes, and many other local bodies of water as shallow as 30cm. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bambi bucket"
A check valve is a mechanical device, a valve, that normally allows fluid to flow through it in only one direction. A double check valve is often used as a backflow prevention device to keep potentially contaminated water from siphoning back into municipal water supply lines. A clapper valve is a type of check valve used in or with firefighting, and has a hinged gate (often with a spring urging it shut) that will only remain open in the outflowing direction. ...more on Wikipedia about "Check valve"
A chemical oxygen generator, or solid fuel oxygen generator (SFOG, or TGK in Russian) is a device that releases oxygen created by a chemical reaction. The oxygen source is usually an inorganic superoxide, chlorate or perchlorate. A promising group of oxygen sources are ozonides. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chemical oxygen generator"
A cherry picker is a device used in orchards, and not just cherry orchards. Cherry pickers are hydraulic lifting systems on the back of a large vehicle, like a truck, or sometimes a stand-alone trailer. At the top is a bucket that the worker stands in. It lets the picker pick fruit high in the tree with relative ease. Cherry pickers are also used to service telephone, cable television and electrical equipment on utility poles. Also, some fire trucks have a cherry picker instead of a fire ladder, and some window cleaners also use them. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cherry picker"
The deluge gun, "master stream" or "deck gun", is a high capacity nozzle used by firefighters. They are normally mounted on top of fire engines and are capable of pumping up to, and sometimes over 2000 gallons per minute. ...more on Wikipedia about "Deluge gun"
The TNT Tool (or Denver Tool as it was formerly known) is a multi-purpose tool used by firefighters, emergency personnel, and law enforcement officers to gain forcible entry to buildings, automobiles, etc. during emergency situations. It is a combination axe, sledgehammer, pry tool, ram, and D-handle pull tool. It is also carried by off-roaders and those travelling in remote areas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Denver tool"
A driptorch is a tool used in wildland firefighting, controlled burning, and other forestry applications to intentionally ignite fires. ...more on Wikipedia about "Driptorch"
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The F1 helmet is a modern fireman helmet made by the French company Gallet. In service since 1985, it provides protection against shocks, fires and electricity, fulfilling the EN 443 European standard. ...more on Wikipedia about "F1 helmet"
A fire blanket is a safety device, usually made available along with other fire safety equipment such as fire extinguishers, which can be used to help extinguishing accidental fires. They operate on the principle that smothering a fire starves it oxygen, and is commonly used to put out chip-pan fires, as well as bodily fires. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fire blanket"
Although civilians may use the terms fire truck and fire engine interchangably, to an emergency worker, the words represent different types of fire fighting apparatus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fire engine"
A fire extinguisher is a device to put out fires, often in an emergency situation. They consist of a pressurized container of chemicals that when discharged can put out a fire. It is important to familiarise yourself with the use of fire extinguishers in your vicinity, as improper or untimely use may be counterproductive. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fire extinguisher"
A fire hydrant (also known colloquially as in fire plug in the USA, ) is a source of water provided in most urban, suburban, and rural areas with municipal water service to enable firefighters to tap into the municipal water supply to assist in extinguishing a fire. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fire hydrant"
A fire pump is usually a part of a large building fire sprinkler system. The fire pump is connected to the municipal water system at the intake and to the buildings sprinkler system risers at the discharge. It is usually powered by electricity and may require the installation of an emergency generator. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fire pump"
Fire sprinklers are a fire supression system that consist of overhead pipes fitted with sprinkler heads throughout the coverage area. Fire sprinkler systems for high-rises are usually also equipped with a fire pump, and a jockey pump and are tied into the fire alarm system. Although historically only used in factories and large commercial buildings, home and small building systems are now available at a relatively cost-effective price. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fire sprinkler"
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A fireboat is a specialized watercraft, often resembling a tugboat, with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting shoreline and shipboard fires. They are particularly useful for fighting fires on docks and shore side warehouses as they can directly attack fires in the supporting underpinnings of these structures. As they also have an unlimited supply of water available, pumping directly from the harbor and can be used to assist shore based firefighters when other water is in low supply or is unavailable, for example, due to earthquake breakage of water mains, as happened in San Francisco due to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fireboat"
A firehose is a thick, high-pressure hose used to carry water or other fire retardant (such as foam) to a fire to extinguish it. Outdoors, it is attached either to a fire engine or a fire hydrant. Indoors, it can be permanently attached to a building's standpipe or plumbing system. ...more on Wikipedia about "Firehose"
A firemen's pole or sliding pole is a wooden or metal pole installed between floors in fire stations, which was invented by Chicago, Illinois resident David Kenyon, although it is often incorrectly credited to the Boston Fire Department. ...more on Wikipedia about "Firemen's pole"
A foam path is the aviation safety practice of spreading a layer of fire suppression foam on an airport runway prior to an emergency landing. Originally, it was thought this would prevent fires, but the practice is now discouraged. ...more on Wikipedia about "Foam path"
Gaseous fire suppression is a term to describe the use of inert and chemical agents or gasses to suppress a fire. These agents include; ...more on Wikipedia about "Gaseous fire suppression"
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A Halligan bar (also called a Halligan tool or simply Halligan) is a special tool commonly used in the fire and rescue service. It was designed by and named after Hugh Halligan, a First Deputy Fire Commissioner in the New York City Fire Department. The Halligan is a multipurpose prying tool consisting of a claw (or fork), a blade (or adze), and a pick, which is especially useful in quickly breaking through many types of locked doors. The adze or fork end of the tool can be used to break in through an outward swinging door by forcing the tool between the door and doorjamb and prying the two apart. Along with a K-tool and the adze or fork end a lock can easily be pulled. There are many other uses of the Halligan tool, including vehicle rescue and opening of walls. ...more on Wikipedia about "Halligan bar"
A heavy rescue vehicle, often referred to as a rescue company, rescue squad, or simply heavy rescue, is a type of specialty firefighting or EMS apparatus. Essentially oversized toolboxes on wheels, they are primarily designed for technical rescue situations such as auto accidents, rope rescues, swiftwater rescues, or collapses. On the fireground, rescue squads may be responsible for truck company operations (such as structure ventilation, ladder operations, or Rapid Intervention Team operations) or search and rescue. They carry an array of special equipment such as the Jaws of life, wooden cribbing, generators, winches, hi-lift jacks, cutting torches, saws and many other powerful and destructive tools. ...more on Wikipedia about "Heavy rescue vehicle"
The hook ladder (also called pompier ladder) was once a very important tool of the fire department as firemen could theoretically reach every floor of a building with it. It consists of a simple ladder of 2.5 metres and a long, flat hook on its top. A fireman denied use of stairs inside a tall structure would lean out a window with the pompier ladder and swing the hook through the window above him, latching the hook to the window stool. He would then climb up the ladder, enter the window above, and repeat the process for as many stories as necessary. This ladder was used by fire departments all over the world but it was forbidden in several countries because its very dangerous and turntable ladders and fireproof stairwell construction make it no longer necessary. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hook ladder"
The hose coupling is the metal piece on the end of a hose to connect it to extra hose or hose appliances. The hose coupling comes in several different styles: ...more on Wikipedia about "Hose coupling"
A hydrant wrench is a tool used to remove fire hydrant caps and open the valve of the hydrant. They are usually adjustable so as to fit different sized hydrant nuts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hydrant wrench"
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