fire axe
Blazing door-breaker
A fire axe is a heavy axe designed for firefighting, typically with a pick or spike opposite the blade for breaking through doors, walls, and debris.
The bright red handle aids visibility in smoke-filled environments.
Fire axes also appear as emergency equipment in buildings and aircraft: Break glass to access fire axe.
Emergency blaze responder
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- blazeIntense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- flamesVisible burning combustion
smoke · alarm · emergency exit · sprinkler · first responder · siren · 911 · emergency services
Hinged room barrier
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- entryAccess or submission
- smashBreak violently apart
chop · hack · splinter · demolition · puncture · barrier · partition · sheetrock
Part for gripping
- headUppermost body part
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- pickPointed breaking tool
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
fiberglass · hickory · weighted · swing · grip · shaft · forged · tempered
Flat cutting edge
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- honeMake keener or better
- whetstoneStone for sharpening blades
- sharpenMake keener or finer
keen · cutting · grindstone · maintain · dulled · nick · bevel · grind
Act of freeing
- survivorOne still alive after
- trappedUnable to escape
- door breachBreaking through a door
- escapeFlight from captivity
search · recovery · lifesaving · entrapment · debris · rubble · windshield · rooftop
firefighter
Emergency blaze responder
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- blazeIntense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
flames · smoke · alarm · emergency exit · sprinkler · first responder · siren · 911 · emergency services · hazmat
door
Hinged room barrier
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- entryAccess or submission
smash · chop · hack · splinter · demolition · puncture · barrier · partition · sheetrock · plywood
handle
Part for gripping
steel · fiberglass · hickory · weighted · swing · grip · shaft · forged · tempered · flat head
blade
Flat cutting edge
sharpen · keen · cutting · grindstone · maintain · dulled · nick · bevel · grind · strop
extrication
Act of freeing
- survivorOne still alive after
- trappedUnable to escape
- door breachBreaking through a door
escape · search · recovery · lifesaving · entrapment · debris · rubble · windshield · rooftop · survival
- Axeshatchet, broadaxe, tomahawk, thrower, hawk
- firefightingfirefighter, firefighters, firehouse, flashing lights, emergency lights
- rescue equipmentlife jacket, life vest, life buoy, life preserver, life net
- fire equipmentsmoke detector, sprinkler, hose reel, nozzle, standpipe
- demolition toolswrecking ball, jackhammer, sledgehammer, crowbar, pry bar
- rescue toolsspreader, spreaders, jaws of life, pry bar, crowbar
fire axelighter
Comparative of not heavy
matches · flamethrower · blowtorch · firestarter · kindling
fire axefire blanket
Fabric that smothers flames
fire extinguisher · heat shield · fireproof suit · smoke hood · fire door
fire axelife preserver
Buoyant rescue device
life raft · lifebuoy · rescue buoy · ice · water