Fire Hydrant Opening Tool

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.

Fire hydrant opening tool.

We hope that our guide how to open a fire hydrant. Bon heavy duty adjustable fire hydrant wrench has an overall length of 12 in. Pentagon fire hydrant nuts. Generally fire hydrant valves need to be turned counter clockwise to open.

This may be called tools or use an icon like the cog or menu bars. The wrench can also be used to operate standard 1 5 and 1 25 pentagon fire hydrant nuts. The wrench can be used to operate standard 1 3 4 in. It is designed for use on pin or rocker lug couplings.

Watch fire hydrant opening demo and other firefighting tools videos on firerescue1. Opening the valve partially can cause serious damage to the fire hydrant and carries a risk of injury to you. Identify the opening valve and use the special pentagonal hydrant tool to open the fire hydrant s valve. 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.

In addition there are two different sized slots incorporated into the wrench handle for use as a gas cock shut off. It is crucial that you open the valve slowly and fully. The 4579 wrench can also be used to operate standard 1 5 and 1 25 pentagon fire hydrant nuts.