502: Fire/Rescue tools

502.1 Ventilation Tools

Portable fans - Used for clearing out smokes/fumes or gases from a room or building.

Gas monitors - Used for detecting noxious fumes or gases inside of a room or a building.

K-12 Saw - Used for cutting holes in different materials or locks. Usually can be used to cut in roofs.

502.2 Extrication tools

Hydraulic spreaders - Used for spreading thick metal parts apart.

Hydraulic Cutters - Used for cutting thick metal parts.

Sawzall - Battery powered saw with a blade that can cut car windows, metal and plastic.

Tool box - Set of standard tools.

Wood blocks - Also known as cribbing, used for stabilizing objects or vehicles. Can also be used as a walking path on quick sand.

Rescue Jacks - Also used for stabilizing objects or vehicles.

Hyrdaulic rams - Used for lifting heavy objects, example: Lifting a car dash.

Airbags - Used for lifting or stabilizing objects or vehicles.

Tools such as: Halligans, axes, sledge hammers, pike poles and ladders - Can be used in ventiliation, ripping walls apart, reaching elevated roofs or places.

502.3 Rescue tools

Litter Basket Tripod - Used as an anchor point for the litter basket.

Litter Basket - Used to lift patients during rope rescues.

Generator - Gas powered generator used for powering different equipment.

Chainsaw - Used for cutting trees, wooden objects or even holes in roofs.

Concrete drills - Can go through parts of concrete or even break concrete.

Chains, Rope and Rope acessories - Rope bags and a lot of rope used for different operations such as vertical resuces, high rise rescues etc.

Confined space cameras - Used along with the concrete drill to look through rubble.

Air carts - Used to supply oxygen and communication for people who may be trapped in a confined space or a place hard to reach.

Capstan winch - A winch that plugs directly into the truck.