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  2. Glossary of firefighting equipment - Wikipedia

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    Gate valve Control valve with a solid plate operated by a handle and screw mechanism. Rotating the handle moves the plate into or out of the waterway. (See also hydrant gate) [4] Gravity tank Water storage tank for fire protection; arranged above protected area to provide flow of water by gravity when needed. Green line a garden hose. Fire grenade

  3. Gate valve - Wikipedia

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    A gate valve, also known as a sluice valve, is a valve that opens by lifting a barrier (gate) out of the path of the fluid. Gate valves require very little space along the pipe axis and hardly restrict the flow of fluid when the gate is fully opened.

  4. Plumber wrench - Wikipedia

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    A plumber wrench A plumber wrench, with the key ring on the thread of the left handle Johan Petter Johansson with his wrench. A plumber wrench (or plumber's wrench, pipe wrench, Swedish wrench or Swedish pattern wrench [1]) is a form of plier described as a pipe wrench that uses compound leverage to grip and rotate plumbing pipes.

  5. Hydrant wrench - Wikipedia

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    Several tricoise wrenches; the red ones at the top are in vehicles, the yellow in the middle hang at the fire belts, the bottom one is a polycoise. In France, The wrench is called "Guillemin wrench" (French: clef Guillemin, pronounced [kle ɡijəmɛ̃]), but the firefighters call it "tricoise wrench" (clef tricoise, [kle tʁikwaz]). The curved ...

  6. Gate (hydraulic engineering) - Wikipedia

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    Within the gate valve, there is a gatelike disk that moves up and down perpendicular to the path of flow and seats against two seat faces to shut off flow. The velocity of the fluid against a partly opened disk may cause vibration and chattering which will ultimately lead to damage to the seating surfaces. This is a common way that gate valves ...

  7. Pipe wrench - Wikipedia

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    A pipe wrench is any of several types of wrench that are designed to turn threaded pipe and pipe fittings for assembly (tightening) or disassembly (loosening). The Stillson wrench, or Stillson-pattern wrench, is the usual form of pipe wrench, especially in the US. The Stillson name is that of the original patent holder, who licensed the design ...