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Permalink Reply by Clay Reynolds on November 10, 2011 at 2:05pm

  We have a firefighter on our dept. that's a machinist/welder and what he did was made a 3' long tool out of aluminim with a D handle on one end and on the other it's sort of a triangle shaped.  We use it to shove it up through a ceiling or wall with lathe/plaster on it then you turn the end so it's sideways and pull a section down.  Works good on just drywall too.

  We call it the john or J tool named after the firefighter who made it.   

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Permalink Reply by Russ on November 11, 2011 at 9:39pm

i got this from the late Ray Downey of FDNY rescue 2 during a ride a long years ago

take a halligan and cut it in half and insert a bar making it longer for about 4ft total. its still a halligan but it has a lot of leverage and doubles as a short pike pole

 

On You Tube i saw a department use a very short ladder (like about 3 or 4 or 5 ft) for entry to single story elivated homes for venting

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Permalink Reply by Matt on November 12, 2011 at 8:07pm

Not a bad idea with the radio and the airpack. SCBA's are becoming more and more advanced it really wouldn't surprise me if that's the next thing to show up!

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Permalink Reply by James Hawk on November 12, 2011 at 11:40pm

we carry a 36" halligan on our engine, it works great for venting the hood on vehicle fires, lets you stay back a bit from the car and still get the job done

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Permalink Reply by Don Catenacci on November 12, 2011 at 11:57pm

While integrating a radio into the SCBA may be a neat idea, with the number of different radios on the market and the crazy cost of SCBA already, I think this is an idea that would price itself right out of existence.  Perhaps just a simple interface, that actually worked, that hooked into the facepiece speaking diaphram would be a suitable compromise.

 

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Permalink Reply by Wade Seely on November 13, 2011 at 11:35am

I took a shovel and put a probie on the end of it.

Then I took a broom and put another probie on it

it worked great cleaning up after a TA

 

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Permalink Reply by Mike Schlags (Captain Busy) Retd on November 13, 2011 at 6:50pm

Finding and using the right tool after getting expert advise from a friend does not always work out. Beware... and of course, keep smiling!

CBz

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Permalink Reply by Wade Seely on November 15, 2011 at 4:48pm

Now thats funny

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