Tools

The Firehouse.com Tools product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various fire service and firefighter tools, including forible entry, ventilation, extrication, overhaul and breaking tools, saws, axes, pike poles, torches, shovels, bolt cutters and fireground tool options.

Community Risk

First Due: Take Charge of Battery Safety

Becki Rowan-White

Nov. 10, 2023

Adam Barowy and Becki Rowan-White provide perhaps the most specific instruction and hands-on-useful educational materials so that fire departments can protect themselves and their...

Knee walls range from 3 feet tall to chest height and often are found in the finished half-stories of dwellings. Half-stories might include a collar tie, which spans the rafters on opposing sides of the structure.

Operations & Training

Engine Essentials: Extinguishing Knee Wall Fires

Jonathan Hall

Nov. 10, 2023

Operations & Training

The Fire Scene: Being Ready Is Being Safe

John J. Salka Jr.

Oct. 16, 2023

In honor of Fire Prevention Month (October) and National First Responders Day (Oct. 28) and in recognition of the individuals who put their lives on the line every day, Lowe’s will offer a special “thank you” — its third-annual first responders discount online and in-stores nationwide this October.

Careers & Education

Lowe’s to Extend Exclusive Savings Offer to First Responder Community

Sept. 28, 2023

PACT&circledR; Thermo ShieldTM, created by Packaging And Crating Technologies in Watertown, CT will be featured at North America’s largest industry battery expo next month in Michigan. The manufacturer created the paper wrap to control dangerous lithium battery fires.

Tech & Comm

Innovative CT Company Takes the Spotlight at National Battery Convention

Packaging And Crating Technologies, LLC (PACT)

Aug. 30, 2023

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Lion-X is the world’s first industrial extinguisher to safely terminate lithium-ion battery fires within seconds, while preventing the release of poisonous smoke, gases and thermal runaway. The innovative new fire-suppressant foam solution was created by Packaging And Crating Technologies (PACT&circledR;), LLC, and Fireproof Solutions, Inc.

Extinguishers

Lion-X: A New Weapon to Fight Deadly Lithium-Ion Battery Fires

Packaging And Crating Technologies, LLC (PACT)

Aug. 12, 2023

The Wedge XT delivers up to 500 lumens for two hours on high, and measuring just 4.25 inches.

Scene Lighting

Streamlight Launches the Ultra-Compact EDC Wedge XT

Streamlight, Inc.

Aug. 3, 2023

The third of three cuts that are made in the slash tactic for a steel roll-down gate. The slats then are pulled by the purchase point that was made in the beginning of the operation.

Operations & Training

Forcible Entry: Roll-Down Gates & Garage Doors

Charles Hendry

July 3, 2023

Technical Rescue

NJ Firefighters Hoisted by Chopper After Boat Overturns

Firehouse.com News

June 29, 2023

Work on your movement with the can (crawl, walk and run methods) in perfect conditions, because at a good fire you won’t walk in; you’ll be low.

Tools

How Often Do Firefighters Train with "the Can"?

Robert Policht

June 21, 2023

Tools

StatGear Introduces T3 Tactical Auto Rescue Tool

May 30, 2023

The company calls it a game-changing innovation designed specifically to enhance rescue operations for firefighters, EMS professionals and first responders.