Tools Flashcards
General Tool Box, Screw Driver Set, Ratchet, Sockets and Spanner Set
Torx bit set
Crowbar
For such tasks as providing leverage for forcing doors and assisting to create a crease when making a roof fold (road crash rescue- RCR), forcing vehicle Bonnets or Boot lids.
Halligen tools
For such tasks as providing leverage for forcing doors and assisting to create a crease when making a roof fold (Road Crash Rescue- RCR), forcing vehicle Bonnets or Boot lids.
May also be utilised in conjunction with a Sledge hammer or the poll of an axe (heavy square edge) to force hinges and Doors.
Forcible entry tools
Left to right
Halligen tool
Bolt cutters
Pinch bar
Agius tool
Axe (windscreen removal)
Sledge hammer
Road crash rescue tools
Left to right
Hydraulic pump
Large spreaders
Omni tool (combined spreaders ans cutters)
3 stage ram
2 stage ram
Hydraulic hose
Parrot beak cutters
Sill clamp
Tip addaptors
Pedal cutters
Chains and adaptors
Little devil
Standpipe
Hydrant and water supply tools
Left to right
Yellow storm water lifters (pair)
Gatic lifters with spanner (pair)
High capacity hydrant key
Pillar hydrant key
ABC spanners
C spanners
Domestic water key
Foam inductors
Breachings
Task force tips (branch)
Foam pickup tube
Smooth bore protek branch
The smooth bore was introduced to the high rise kit because of the potential that debris in the pipework of the internal hydrant system could clog up the strainers in the diffused branch.
Diffused protek branch
The diffused Protek branch has an adjustable flow rate, ranging from 115 l/m to 475 l/m making it the preferred branch for gas cooling in compartment fires.
High rise kit
This kit is contained within a bag with a shoulder strap and is to be taken with two lines of 38mm hose. This will ensure you have sufficient resources for initial fire attack.
Draughting hose and strainer
Located on CAFS and tankers.To ‘draught’ from open water such as lakes, dams and pools. 3m lengths
Extinguishers
Left to right
Foam
CO2
Dry powder
Water
Ceiling hook and fuse puller
Ceiling hook
To pierce ceilings to allow water to escape. Also to pull ceiling down to access fires.
Fuse Puller
Safe removal of householf fuses at electricity entry point.
Stokes litter
Used as a stretcher either manually carried, in conjunction with B31 ‘Bronto’ aerial appliance or in vertical rescue operations.
KED, Patient shields, Spine boards
KED
Kendrick Extrication Device. Used in RCR where spinal injury is suspected.
Patiend Shields
Perspex shield used to protect patient from glass etc. during extrication
Spine Boards
Various sizes and shapes. Used to assist in extrication of patient or as a stretcher.
Resus kit
Oxygen resuscitation and therapy equipment and first aid kit.
Vertical recsue kit
Carried on all appliances. There is enough equipment in this kit to access a patient. For retrieval vertical-1 operators must wait until the arrival of the specialist vertical rescue equipment and ‘Vertical-II’ operators.
Working on roofes kit now included
50m lines
Breathing Apparatus set (BA)
For use in contaminated or possibly contaminated atmospheres. Attached to this set is a DSU. Your personal face mask and tally tag is attached at commencement of shift.
BA extension / flight mask
AED - Defribrillator
Used to help restore normal rhythm to a fibrillating heart.
MircoRae 4 head detector
Atmospheric monitoring device for measuring
- LEL
- CO2
- H2S
- O2
Tirfor hand inch & ARB recovery kit
Used in RCR and rescue situations.
High lift jack
Air bags
Carried on heavy rescue pumpers for rescue and extrication situations.
Stabfast
Used to stabilise vehicles during RCR.
Thermal imaging camera
Thermal imaging camera is used in many firefighting, overhaul and search and rescue applications where the vision is restricted by darkness, smoke etc.
Electricsl insulating gloves
To eliminate electrical dangers when isolating power. Should be used when pulling fuses and switching circuit breakers.
Gas clamps
Used to crimp copper and plastic gas pipes to isolate a gas leak.
Swift water kit
HazMat bin
GEM ring cutting kit
Dremel
Engraving
