I am sure that this has been discussed before on here. But I am curious what tools you and your dept. use the most and find the most valuable to have on scene.
A set of irons is a must for every truck. I also am a big believer in the TIC. You shouldn't become tottaly dependent on it but it should still be used. All of our officers come off with a TIC and extra battery on all structure fires. We also have used them on rollover at night were we suspect ejection, into thick woods. As a captain once said "a firefighter without a tool is just a informed citzen."
We got a Denver tool and I believe it only came out of it's mounting bracket twice since we got it and one of those times was to tape the handle. A set of irons is a much better tool. The Denver tool is a good concept but is a little overweight and awkward for practical use. Like I stated we bought one and no body uses it. Just my 2 cents.
Something that I have not seen posted yet is a variety of different sized bolt cutters. to be used for things such as cutting battery cables at MVA's to cutting lock for forcible entry and the such.
hey guys,, if your going to use slang names of tools,, could u please put the common name they go by in here also for the newbies, rookies and so forth to understand what they are??
I know that I personally carry a small 6 inch set of bolt cutters in my gear pocket. Mostly for personal egress in a Sticky situation. But I have used them for many a battery cable And they are also good for smaller pad locks on most gas well gates around here.
dont forget a hose real for hose for the jaws, and a real for a nice long leangth of electric cord to use if u have a generator built into the transmission...