How to Use a Firefighting Denver Tool

The firefighting Denver tool is acknowledged as one of the most useful, solid and versatile tools in firefighting. The tool has been found so useful that professionals in construction and law enforcement keep the Denver around for difficult jobs. Follow these steps to use the ax, pick, butt and D-handle of the Denver firefighting tool.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

1. Use the ax. The Denver's ax is a solid, no-nonsense feature of the tool that can be used on any surface. Firefighting and law enforcement professionals use the ax to pop bars off windows, destroy locks, bash through walls and cut electricity lines. For these reasons, the solid ax of the Denver tool is one of its most useful features.
2. Get your hand in the D-handle. The D-handle is simply an outline of a letter "D" on the business end of the tool. The D-handle allows you to get a good grip on the tool, effectively reversing the active end of the tool. Grab the D-handle and then use the pike end of the Denver tool to spear and then pull through weak ceilings or crumbling walls.
3. Slam with the sledgehammer. Opposite to the Denver tool's ax is the tool's sledgehammer. The sledgehammer is tough enough to use on construction jobs for the purpose of slamming walls, stone or other materials. Firefighters and law enforcement also use the tool for forcible entry through tough doors and for a number of other slamming uses.
4. Pry with the Denver. Firefighting and law enforcement teams often need to pry doors and windows open. The Denver tool's prying end is strong enough to pop off the jam of any door. Take a baseball swing at a door jam or wedge the pry into a jam and then work the door open. The prying tool is also extremely useful to break through and pull out car windshields.

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