This document describes various firefighting apparatus, tools, and equipment. It discusses water tanks, command vehicles, pumper trucks, chemical trucks, aerial platforms, break squirts, rescue trucks, aerial ladders, lighting towers, ladders (straight and extension), fog guns, nozzles, portable pumps, fire hoses, hose clamps, hose jackets, and forcible entry tools like axes, handsaws, power saws, cutting torches, pry bars, hydraulic rescue equipment, pike poles, protective helmets and hoods, coats, trousers, safety shoes, and gloves. The equipment serves purposes like transporting water, commanding operations, pumping water, handling chemicals, accessing high structures, providing

1. FIREFIGHTING APPARATUS,
TOOLS and EQUIPMENT

2. WATER TANK- this apparatus enables to secure water
scarce areas for speedy firefighting operations. Usually
equipped with 10,000 to 25,000 liters capacity of tanks.

3. COMMAND SERVICE VEHICLE-REFERS TO THE VEHICLE WHERE THE FIRE
CHIEF USUALLY RIDES AND USES AS COMMAND POST DURING THE FIRE
FIGHTING OPERATION. EQUIPPED WITH RADIO AND OTHER COMMAND
EQUIPMENT.

4. PUMPER TRUCK/FIRE ENGINE- A KIND OF FIREFIGHTING APPARATUS
DESIGNED TO USE DIVERSE WATER SUPPLY SOURCES AS HYDRANTS
USUALLY EQUIPPED WITH A WATER TANK AND CENTRIFUGAL PUMP.
THEY ARE EFFECTIVE EVEN AT FIRE SITES WHERE WATER SUPPLY IS
LIMITED OR NON-EXISTENT. USUALLY EQUIPPED WITH 4,000 LITER
TANK.

5. CHEMICAL TRUCK- CAPABLE TO DISCHARGE FOAMS WHICH IS THE
MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS TO EXTINGUISH NOT ONLY ORDINARY CLASS
A, BUT ALSO CLASS B FIRES DUE TO CHEMICALS, INFLAMMABLE
LIQUIDS. IT IS EQUIPPED WITH 2,500 LITERS WATER TANK AND THE
PUMP PROPORTIONING SYSTEM

6. AERIAL PLATFORM- A FIREFIGHTING APPARATUS USUALLY USED IN
FIREFIGHTING OPERATIONS OF HIGH-RISE STRUCTURES. USED ALSO IN
RESCUE OPERATIONS. IT HAS A WORKING HEIGHT OF 27 METERS (90
FEET) FROM THE GROUND AND 24 METERS (80 FEET) FROM THE
GROUND., 2 BOOM 23 METERS (75 FEET)

7. BREAK SQUIRT (WATER TOWER)- A FIREFIGHTING APPARATUS
EQUIPPED WITH BREAKING DEVICE AND MONITOR NOZZLE WHICH CAN
REACH A HEIGHT OF 23 METERS, PROVIDE MASSIVE FIRE
EXTINGUISHING CAPABILITY ESPECIALLY IN CLOSE QUARTERS WHERE
EXTRA MANEUVERABILITY IS ESSENTIAL.

8. RESCUE AND UTILITY TRUCK- USUALLY EQUIPPED WITH A WINCH,
LOADED WITH RESCUE EQUIPMENT AS HYDRAULIC RESCUE TOOLS AND
FLOODLIGHTS AND POWER GENERATORS. THIS APPARATUS CAN
PERFORM RESCUE OPERATIONS IN CASE OF FIRE, EARTHQUAKE AND
OTHER DISASTER.

9. AERIAL LADDER-THIS FIREFIGHTING APPARATUS IS DESIGNED MAINLY
FOR FIGHTING HIGH-RISE FIRES AND CAN BE USED TO RESCUE TRAPPED
PEOPLE AS WELL AS TO SHOOT WATER AT HIGH LOCATIONS. EQUIPPED
WITH A LIFT AND A BASKET. THIS RISING ANGLE COVER FROM 10 TO 25
DEGREES.

10. LIGHTING TOWER TRUCK-THIS APPARATUS ARE ESSENTIAL TO THROW
LIGHT ON FIREFIGHTING AND RESCUE OPERATIONS. IT HAS A WIDE
LIGHTING RANGE OF 220 DEGREES. IT IS SO POWERFUL THAT A
NEWSPAPER CAN BE READ AT 100 METERS OR 32 FEET FROM THE LIGHT
SOURCE.

11. STRAIGHT LADDER- NON ADJUSTABLE IN LENGTH AND CONSIST ONLY OF ONE
SECTION. SOMETIMES CALLED “WALL LADDER” AND IS USED FOR QUICK ACCESS
TO WINDOWS AND ROOFS OF ONE AND TWO STOREY BUILDINGS.
EXTENSION LADDER- IS ADJUSTABLE IN LENGTH. IT CONSISTS OF TWO OR
MORE SECTIONS WHICH TRAVEL IN GUIDES OR BRACKETS TO PERMIT LENGTH
ADJUSTMENTS.

12. FOG GUN- USED TO FIGHT FIRE INSIDE A BUILDING OR UNDERGROUND
BY STRAIGHT SPOT WATER APPLICATION OR FINE FOG APPLICATION.

13. STRAIGHT NOZZLE- USED TO FIGHT FIRE AND IT IS POSSIBLE TO SPEED
UP WATER STREAM RECTIFIED IN THE PLAY PIPE

14. NOZZLE- A PIECE OF FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT USED TO DIRECT OR
CONTROL A STREAM OF WATER. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STREAM
OF WATER OR FIRE STREAM IS DETERMINED MAINLY BY THE NOZZLE.

15. PORTABLE PUMPS- USUALLY USED DURING FIREFIGHTING OPERATIONS
AND EQUIPPED WITH FIRE HOSE. THIS IS USED IF FIGHTING FIRES IN
FORESTS INACCESSIBLE BY VEHICLE OR AREAS WITH NARROW ROADS.

16. FIRE HOSE- A TYPE OF FLEXIBLE TUBE USED BY FIREFIGHTERS TO CARRY
WATER UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE SOURCE OF SUPPLY TO A POINT
WHERE IT IS DISCHARGED TO EXTINGUISH FIRE

17. HOSE CLAMP- IS A TOOL TO SHUT OFF THE WATER IN HOSE LINES
WHEN OTHER CONTROL VALVES ARE NOT APPLICABLE.

18. HOSE JACKET- IS USED TO SEAL SMALL CUTS OR BREAKS, WHICH MAY
OCCUR IN FIRE HOSE, OR TO CONNECT MISMATCHED OR DAMAGED
COUPLING OF THE SAME SIZE.

19. FORCIBLE ENTRY TOOLS

20. AXES AND HATCHETS
A. PICK-HEAD AXE - THE PICK ENDS SERVES TO GIVE THE FIREFIGHTER AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A
STARTING POINT TO BEGIN CUTTING OR TO PIERCE MATERIAL.
B. FLAT-HEAD AXE – BECOMES A VITAL ADDITION TO THE FORCIBLE ENTRY TEAM BECAUSE THE FLAT
HEAD CAN BE USED AS STRIKING TOOL.

21. HANDSAWS - AND TOOL HAVING A TOOTHED BLADE FOR CUTTING

22. POWER SAWS - A TOOL DRIVEN BY A MOTOR

23. CUTTING TORCH - CAN USE IT TO CUT STEEL TO SIZE AND SHAPE.
METAL CUTTING DEVICE – TOOLS TO CUT METAL

24. MANUAL PRYING TOOLS - IT IS USED AS A LEVER EITHER TO FORCE APART TWO
OBJECTS OR TO REMOVE NAILS. PRYING TOOLS ARE COMMONLY USED TO OPEN
NAILED WOODEN CRATES. COMMON USES FOR LARGER CROWBARS ARE:
REMOVING NAILS, PRYING APART BOARDS, AND GENERALLY BREAKING THINGS.

25. HYDRAULIC RESCUE EQUIPMENT – USED TO RESCUE VICTIMS BY
HYDRAULICALLY REMOVING, PULLING, BENDING OF CUTTING
OBSTACLES.

26. STANDARD PIKE POLE – USED TO PULL APART DEBRIS AND BURNING
MATERIALS, OPEN WALLS, CEILING AND REMOVE TRIM.

27. HELMETS AND PROTECTIVE HOODS – WAS DESIGNED TO HELP SHED WATER
AND TO PREVENT HOT EMBERS FROM FALLING DOWN ON THE FIREFIGHTER’S
FACE, EARS, HAIRS AND NECK.
Protective Hood

28. PROTECTIVE COATS AND TROUSERS

29. SAFETY SHOES – RUBBER BOOTS EASY TO DON, EXCELLENT WATER REPELLENCY,
EASY DECONTAMINATION,
GLOVES – IT PROVIDES THERMAL PROTECTION, AS WELL AS FROM CUTS,
PUNCTURES AND SCRAPS.