• Home
  • About / Contact
  • Prose & Comics
  • Satellites
  • Press
  • FREE FICTION
  • Subscribe to RSS

Kill zombies. Fast.

APK | March 19, 2009 | 10:23 am

Need to kill zombies? I got the tool for you. It’s a Halligan bar.

(via allhandsfire.com) HALLIGAN HISTORY: Halligan is much more than the name of one of the most veratile of firefighting tools. The tool’s namesake was a fireman who made more that a name for himself. Hugh A. Halligan was appointed a New York City Firefighter on June 16, 1916 and was assigned to Engine Company 88. Halligan’s career was interrupted by service in the army during World War I. Upon his return, he was assigned to Engine 35 and worked there until he was promoted to Lieutenant on April 16, 1922. The new officer worked in Engine 22 for two years before he was promoted to Captain on February 1, 1924. He commanded Engine 86, 82, 35 and 73 before being appointed a Battalion Chief on June 1, 1929. On October 1, 1934, two weeks after his 40th birthday, Hugh Halligan reached the rank of Deputy Chief. Commissioner Patrick Walsh appointed Halligan First Deputy Fire Commissioner on August 20, 1941. He had risen from the ranks and became one of the top men on both sides of the command structure in just 22 years. It is the tool Chief Halligan designed, refined and manufactured that virtually gave him fire service immortality. Every curve, corner and dimension of the tool was studied and changed many times by the “trial and error” method. The result was a tool that could be held in one hand; one that would not chip or break at crucial moments; would not fatigue a firefighter; and could be used with safety and full efficiency. Today, this tool is an “industry standard”. (Informtion obtained courtesy of Paul Hashagen, FDNY Rescue 1, Ret.)
So yeah. Titanium goes for like 600 bucks and is only 5 lbs weight for a 30 inch bar. Steel goes for around 200 but weighs twice as much. Titanium can be found here and the steel can be found over here.


Supposedly related posts:
**  Talking Heads – The undead?
**  The Dead Walk Again!
**  Kneel before Zod
**  OJ Simpson might just kill you.
**  Takeshi the Dragon and Wobbly the Squid

Categories
gadgets
Comments rss
Comments rss
Trackback
Trackback

Leave a Reply

Click here to cancel reply.

Spotlight On…


(Click to find out more)

Archives

Outside Links

  • 600 Pound Gorilla
  • Adrienne Jones
  • All Blogged Up and Nowhere to Go
  • Ariana Osborne
  • Bluemood Media
  • Bookofjoe
  • Feed the Editor.
  • Film Chatter.
  • In Palinode's Palace
  • Legend of the Burrito Blade
  • Mamapop
  • Polite Fictions
  • Things Wrong With Me
  • What's Alan Watching?

Ad Block

© Adam P. Knave. All rights reserved.
Powered By WordPress. Theme by Freshy2. . (bloink)