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This wrench comes in different sizes and is used to tighten/loosen fire hose couplings.
Spanner Wrench
The traveling edge of the fire that moves rapidly into new fuel.
Head (of the fire)
The part of the rope used for forming the knot.
Working End
This enables the tenders to offload as much as 3,000 gallons of water in a minute.
Dump Valve
This a short section of rigid hose that is used to draft water from a static source such as a river, lake, or portable drafting basin.
Hard Suction Hose
A nozzle that can be adjusted to produce a variety of stream patterns, randing from straightstream to a narrow fog cone or a wide anglle fog pattern.
Fog-Stream
This tool extends a firefighters reach and is made of either wood or fiberglass pole with a metal head attached to one end.
Pike Pole
This describes the area that has already been burned and are relatively safe for fire fighters.
Black
The part of the rope used for lifting or hoisting.
Running End
This type of tank typically holds between 600-5,000 gallons and should be placed so it can be accessed from multiple directions.
Portable Tank
What fitting initates the Straight Hose Roll when transporting or storing, which is protected by the center of the roll.
Male Fitting
A nozzle that consists of a shut-off valve and a tip that gradually decreases the diameter of the solid stream to a size smaller than the hose diameter.
Smooth-Bore
This tool was designed in 1948 by a New York City Fire Fighter, which incorporates a sharp tapered pick, a blade (either a wedge or an adze), and a fork or claw.
Halligan Tool
The ratio of the amount of water vapor present in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor that the air can hold at a given temperature.
Relative Humidity
The knot used to secure the leftover working end of the rope.
Safety Knot
This type of hydrant are connected to a pressurized municipal water system in climates where temperatures fall below freezing.
Dry-Barrel Hydrant
Typically 4" or 5" diameter hose which is used for water supply operations.
LDH (Large Diameter Hose)
A nozzle which delivers a preset flow at a rated disharge pressure designed to flow at 30, 60, or 100 gpm.
Fixed-Gallonage Fog Nozzle
A hydrualic spreading tool designed to pry open doors that swing inward.
Rabbit Tool
A fire that is intentionally set along the inner edge of a fire control line in an attempt to burn an area of vegitation by creating a buffer area in which the fuel has already been burned.
Backfire
This type of rope is used for hoisting/lowering tools/equipment, or ladder halyards, not to support people.
Utility Rope
The surge of pressure that occurs when a high-velocity of water is abruptly shut off.
Water Hammer
A non-threaded hose coupling that are the same on both ends of a length of hose, no male or female ends.
Storz-Type
A nozzle permanently mounted on and operated from a vehicle.
Deck Gun
This pushing/pulling tool is used to pull the lock cylinder out of a door, exposing the locking mechaism so it can be unlocked easily.
K-tool
A source of fine fuel comprised of partly decomposed organic material on a forest floor.
Ground Duff
This type of rope is used soley for supporting people for training, firefighting, rescue, or other emergency operations.
Life Safety Rope
The reduction in pressure resulting from water being in contact with the side of the hose.
Friction Loss
Notches or cuts that show the position where the threads on a pair of couplings properly align with each other.
Higbee Indicator
A nozzle used to deliver a flat screen of water that forms a protective sheet or curtain of water.
Water Curtain