HALLIGAN TOOL style RESCUE PRY BAR
F-1 Streeper Rescue Pry Bar
"Streeper" Rescue Bar, MODEL F-1
halligan tool
Over more than thirty years, world-renowned Extrication Innovator and Instructor O. B. Streeper designed multiple rescue tools. The F-1 pry bar, similar to the Kelly Tool or Halligan Tool, is one of the most versatile rescue tools he created. It bears his name, the Streeper Rescue Bar, ™ Model F-1 (frequently referred to as the "O.B. Bar). It is a multipurpose, halligan style, heavy-duty entry bar, measuring 42” long, constructed of forged steel. This is a combination extrication bar, entry bar, pry bar, battering ram, pike, nail puller, and gas shut-off key designed to provide the operator with the leverage and force necessary to pry open automobile doors, separate elevator doors, security screens, breach chain link fences, open padlocks and force open building doors and shut gas valves. The Streeper Rescue Bar is Made in America.
To reduce firefighter stress, the heavy-duty F-1 Streeper Entry Bar is now only 8.5 lbs. while maintaining the same size, strength, and prying capacity.
Vehicle doors are opened by driving the flat adze blade between the door and vehicle body, striking the F-1 bar with a flat-head axe or hammer, and then raising or pressing down on the handle to create a hole to insert a spreading device. Elevator doors may be forced open by inserting the flat adze blade between the doors and raising or lowering the handle in the same manner to force the doors open. Side-hinged doors may be opened by inserting the sizeable flat adze blade between the door and door frame on the lock side of the door and prying it down on the Streeper Bar's handle.
When pulling a vehicle door forward to provide greater access to a front-seat patient or creating a three-door car from a two-door car to quickly access a rear-seat passenger, the “pike” point on the Streeper Entry Bar is driven into the vehicle's front fender or rear deck lid to create an anchor point to prevent the Chain Sling and Come-A-Long from slipping while pulling the door open or pulling the body panel rearward to create a third door opening for rear seat patient removal from a two-door car. The pike point may also be used to break side and rear window glass with the application of a minimal amount of force.
To reduce firefighter stress, the heavy-duty F-1 Streeper Entry Bar is now only 8.5 lbs. while maintaining the same size, strength, and prying capacity.
Vehicle doors are opened by driving the flat adze blade between the door and vehicle body, striking the F-1 bar with a flat-head axe or hammer, and then raising or pressing down on the handle to create a hole to insert a spreading device. Elevator doors may be forced open by inserting the flat adze blade between the doors and raising or lowering the handle in the same manner to force the doors open. Side-hinged doors may be opened by inserting the sizeable flat adze blade between the door and door frame on the lock side of the door and prying it down on the Streeper Bar's handle.
When pulling a vehicle door forward to provide greater access to a front-seat patient or creating a three-door car from a two-door car to quickly access a rear-seat passenger, the “pike” point on the Streeper Entry Bar is driven into the vehicle's front fender or rear deck lid to create an anchor point to prevent the Chain Sling and Come-A-Long from slipping while pulling the door open or pulling the body panel rearward to create a third door opening for rear seat patient removal from a two-door car. The pike point may also be used to break side and rear window glass with the application of a minimal amount of force.
ADDITIONAL USES OF THE Streeper RESCUE BAR
In addition to auto extrication, this Halligan-style rescue tool has multiple firefighting and rescue uses. The duckbill chisel tip is utilized as a conventional pry bar or crowbar for prying open windows, entry doors, elevator doors, roll-up doors, or moving heavy objects.
When removing or breaking a lock hasp or padlock, the pike point may be used to break the lock by striking the padlock on the top between the shackles, or the hasp may be opened by inserting the pike point into the hasp "D" ring or the lock shackle and prying or striking the F-1 Bar with a flat head axe or sled hammer. The pike point may be used to drive the lock cylinder out of door knobs. The pike point is placed against the key slot and struck with an axe head or hammer to drive the lock cylinder out of the knob. An alternative is to swing the bar, striking the lock cylinder with the pike point to drive the lock cylinder from the door knob.
The crowbar portion of this tool is also used in multiple other prying operations. The flat end of the F-1 Streeper Rescue Bar ™ is designed to be used as a battering ram for opening doors. It may also be inserted between the door and door frame of a vehicle or a side-hinged building door and used as a pry bar to open the door. A claw was recently added to the flat end of the bar for nail removal and other pulling operations.
This rescue tool may also be used as a wedge to keep side-hinged doors open; in this use, the adze blade is inserted under the edge of the door, and the handle is kept upright against the door. The Streeper bar may be placed between sliding doors or in the door frame to prevent them from closing. The Streeper Rescue Bar may be stood on end with the adze blade up and placed under the edge of roll-up doors to keep them from closing, or the pike can be wedged in the door track of the roll-up door to keep the door from closing.
A recently requested Streeper Rescue Bar update incorporates a gas valve shut-off key in the flat adze blade portion of the bar. The key is designed to fit most residential and commercial gas shut-off valves used in propane and natural gas services. Its 42" length provides ample leverage to close even stuck gas valves.
The pictures below show the Model F-1 Streeper Rescue Bar driven into the space between the car door and the vehicle body, just below the door handle. The Streeper Rescue Bar is rotated up and down to bend the door skin outward to create an opening for placing the Wedge, Spreader, or “BOSS” tool. Alternatively, the prying end of this Halligan-style tool may be inserted in the lock area and used to pry the door open.
When removing or breaking a lock hasp or padlock, the pike point may be used to break the lock by striking the padlock on the top between the shackles, or the hasp may be opened by inserting the pike point into the hasp "D" ring or the lock shackle and prying or striking the F-1 Bar with a flat head axe or sled hammer. The pike point may be used to drive the lock cylinder out of door knobs. The pike point is placed against the key slot and struck with an axe head or hammer to drive the lock cylinder out of the knob. An alternative is to swing the bar, striking the lock cylinder with the pike point to drive the lock cylinder from the door knob.
The crowbar portion of this tool is also used in multiple other prying operations. The flat end of the F-1 Streeper Rescue Bar ™ is designed to be used as a battering ram for opening doors. It may also be inserted between the door and door frame of a vehicle or a side-hinged building door and used as a pry bar to open the door. A claw was recently added to the flat end of the bar for nail removal and other pulling operations.
This rescue tool may also be used as a wedge to keep side-hinged doors open; in this use, the adze blade is inserted under the edge of the door, and the handle is kept upright against the door. The Streeper bar may be placed between sliding doors or in the door frame to prevent them from closing. The Streeper Rescue Bar may be stood on end with the adze blade up and placed under the edge of roll-up doors to keep them from closing, or the pike can be wedged in the door track of the roll-up door to keep the door from closing.
A recently requested Streeper Rescue Bar update incorporates a gas valve shut-off key in the flat adze blade portion of the bar. The key is designed to fit most residential and commercial gas shut-off valves used in propane and natural gas services. Its 42" length provides ample leverage to close even stuck gas valves.
The pictures below show the Model F-1 Streeper Rescue Bar driven into the space between the car door and the vehicle body, just below the door handle. The Streeper Rescue Bar is rotated up and down to bend the door skin outward to create an opening for placing the Wedge, Spreader, or “BOSS” tool. Alternatively, the prying end of this Halligan-style tool may be inserted in the lock area and used to pry the door open.
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F-1 BAT ROTATED DOWNWARD TO CRATE OPENING FOR SPREADER
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DOOR OPENING CREATED FOR SPREADING TOOL
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In the photographs below, the Streeper Rescue Bar's pike is driven into the front fender of the vehicle as an anchor point to prevent the Come-A-Long and chain from slipping off the fender as it is used with the C-1 Rescue Chain Set to pull the front doors of a vehicle forward to provide access to the victim in the front seat. A similar setup at the rear of the vehicle creates a three-door car out of a two-door car, permitting easier victim removal from the rear seat.
The following photographs show some of the other uses of the F-1 Streeper Rescue Bar
STREEPER BAR DRIVEN INTO FENDER AS ANCHOR POINT TO PULL DOOR
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DOOR PULLED FORWARD FOR BETTER PATIENT ACCESS
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ROLL-UP DOOR HELD OPEN BY F-1 BAR INSERTED IN DOOR TRACK
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The photograph below shows the gas key in the adze blade placed on a gas shut off valve handle. The handle is rotated one quarter turn to shut off the valve and the gas supply to the building
F-1 STREEPER BAR USED TO CLOSE A GAS SHUT OFF VALVE
F-1 Streeper Rescue Bar ™ is a Trade Mark of Special Service and Supply Inc. All rights reserved.
Shipping Weight 14 lbs, Ships via FedEx Ground ®.
