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2. Pike pole - Wikipedia

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   The head of a pike pole with various implements for pulling items The head of a short firefighter's pike pole. A pike pole is a long metal-topped wooden, aluminium or fiberglass pole used for reaching, hooking and/or pulling on another object. They are variously used in boating, construction, logging, rescue and recovery, power line maintenance ...

3. Cant hook - Wikipedia

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   A modern cant hook. A log driver using a peavey. A cant hook or pike or a hooked pike is a traditional logging tool consisting of a wooden lever handle with a movable metal hook called a dog at one end, used for handling and turning logs and cants, especially in sawmills.

4. Glossary of firefighting equipment - Wikipedia

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   Short hook with a pointed tip is a pike pole; longer hook on a San Francisco hook; two offset hooks on either side of tip is a universal hook; long p-shaped hook is a Boston rake for pulling plaster and lath; short hook with claw on opposite side of tip is either a gypsum hook or the narrower ceiling hook; pike pole with a short handle is a ...

5. Category:Firefighter tools - Wikipedia

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   Pike pole; Pulaski (tool) S. Scott Air-Pak SCBA; Shove knife; T. Trash hook This page was last edited on 30 June 2012, at 21:05 (UTC). Text is available under the ...

6. Wildfire suppression equipment and personnel - Wikipedia

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   When suppression is complete on rappel fires, ground transport is typically arranged to pick up the firefighters at the nearest road. These crews carry chainsaws, hand tools, radios, and can even have 75-US-gallon (280 L) water bags, known as blivets, flown in to help fight the fire.

7. Pulaski (tool) - Wikipedia

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   A Pulaski combines the functions of an axe and an adze in one tool. The Pulaski is a specialty hand tool used in fighting fires, particularly wildfires, [1] which combines an axe and an adze in one head. Similar to a cutter mattock, it has a rigid handle of wood, plastic, or fiberglass.