Fire Hydrant Opening Tool

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Fire hydrant opening tool.

We hope that our guide how to open a fire hydrant. The wrench can be used to operate standard 1 3 4 in. Watch fire hydrant opening demo and other firefighting tools videos on firerescue1. It is crucial that you open the valve slowly and fully.

Pentagon fire hydrant nuts. This may be called tools or use an icon like the cog or menu bars. It is designed for use on pin or rocker lug couplings. The wrench can also be used to operate standard 1 5 and 1 25 pentagon fire hydrant nuts.

If you open a fire hydrant without following the proper process then you may find yourself in serious trouble there are fines and even jail time for. Generally fire hydrant valves need to be turned counter clockwise to open. The tool will also open standard 70mm caps on 5 gallon foam concentrate pails and the large and small threaded plugs on 55 gallon drums. The 4579 wrench can also be used to operate standard 1 5 and 1 25 pentagon fire hydrant nuts.

Explained has been of value and that you now understand that opening a fire hydrant is a serious business and not something to do when you just need a little water. Identify the opening valve and use the special pentagonal hydrant tool to open the fire hydrant s valve. Bon heavy duty adjustable fire hydrant wrench has an overall length of 12 in.