Hooligan Tools

[tft]

Hooligan Tools will break if you use the wrong hooligan tool. They have a few different designs.Any tool will break if not use correctly.
The PRO-BAR HALLIGAN is used by FDNY, you can get other types of hooligan tools I think the model is SPF which has different features.
You will find that the end is different one is used for cutting metal, the other is used for leverage.

[6739264]

Yep, so in short, don't use a Hooligan tool (as pictured above) for entry. They are a lightweight RCR tool. A proper Halligan tool(below), is a single piece of drop forged metal, that is very hard to break and there isn't really a 'wrong' way to use it...

http://www.allhandsfire.com/page/AHF/PROD/halliganprobars/FHU-PB30

[chook]

Thanks guys for that additional info - no seriously thanks (there has been a lot of sarcasms lately :-D)
cheers

[mattb]

Spot on, we carry a Paratech Hooligan and a Probar Halligan. Seriously guys go out and get a decent Halligan, once you've had a play with one on some doors you won't look back.

Finally a thread without all the crap and some good info.

[mack]

Finally a thread without all the crap and some good info.

so far....  :wink:

for anyone interested, heres a "training video" made by some americans... not sure how useful some will find it, however it demonstrates some of the theory quite well. [cant remember if i posted this somewhere else at some point.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-Uor16OYmKs

[bittenyakka]

how much are we looking at for a halligan tool?

[Katrina]

And let's put in for one on all the trucks I'm sure they'll give them to us all :-D
Seriously how much are they?

[6739264]

I can't remember how much FARA had their Pro-Bar for but I think it was around $400?

You can pick up a standard 30" Halligan for around AU$250 from online suppliers. Halligans with other bits and pieces can cost more, there are longer versions, shorter versions etc etc...

Don't forget a good fibreglass handled maul/splitter. This gives good weight as a hitting implement and also the versatility of an axe/sledgehammer without having to carry both.

[jaff]

Just a quick note to remind everyone before they make forceable entry to a door(most firies dream of it)try the door first to see if its open,or the side door as one very embarrased MFS forgot to do, hasn't lived it down yet! :-D

Cheers Jaff

[6739264]

"Try before you Pry!"

[Cameron Yelland]

last time i rang FARA and asked for a quote on a halligan it was $500.  Didnt ask which type but after reading here i presume it was the pro bar.

[6739264]

Thats disgustingly ridiculous, but I guess thats what happens when you have a reasonable stranglehold on the market. Shop around, ring around, go online, you should be able to find a much better price.

[mattb]

I believe the Probar Halligan we bought from FARA was around the mid $400 mark.

[RescueHazmat]

As numbers said.. You could probably get them sent over from the states for less than $500..

[Cameron Yelland]

roughly how much would a paratech halligan/hooligan cost?

We received a grant to buy a halligan roughly $500.  Finally received the tool today only to find out it is a paratech.


Im guessing we have been ripped off but where along the line?

[6739264]

Where did you buy it from? What did you specifically order?

If you order as per standard CFS Urban/Rural appliance stowage, you'll get the Hooligan with cutting claw.

Paratech only make Hooligan Tools, you need to look at other manufacturers for a Halligan.

[chook]

Thats about right for the small Holligan tool, as Numbers said if its Paratech its not a Halligan.
Pity its not what you want though.
cheers

[Cameron Yelland]

I was quoted for a halligan when i was putting the grant proposal together but i wasnt part of the ordering process unfortunately....

Will need to chase down the people who ordered it.

[6739264]

Send it back, get a refund as its not what you ordered. If you're paying more than $500 for a standard Halligan, without straps/grips then you're getting ripped off.