Vanguard Steel 5500 0048 Fire Fighting Shovel, Ash Handle

The Vanguard 5500 0048 firefighter’s shovel has a smaller blade and longer handle than a regular garden shovel. The 5500 0048 shovel head is angled forward to facilitate scooping and scraping dirt. The edges of a fire shovel blade are sharpened up to one and a half inches of the top of the blade creating a sharp strong edge. The  firefighter shovels are used to scrape vegetation off the ground and throw dirt onto the flames. The Vanguard Steel 5500 0048 firefighting shovel is one of the more useful fire suppressant tools in your toolkit as it can be used to stop out small surface or grass fires. A firefighting shovel with its sharpened blade allows a user to easily create small fire breaks in the path of a fire, as well soil can be quickly shoveled on a fire to smother it.

Vanguard Steel 5500 0048 Fire Fighting Shovel Features

•  A firefighter’s shovel has a smaller blade and longer handle than a regular garden shovel.
•  The head is angled forward to facilitate scooping and scraping dirt.
•  The edges of a fire shovel blade are sharpened up to one and a half inches of the top of the blade.
•  The shovels are used to scrape vegetation off the ground and throw dirt onto the flames.

Vanguard Steel 5500 0048 Fire Fighting Shovel Specifications

• Name: Shovel with ash handle
• Material: 65Mn Steel
• Dimensions of Head: 295 x 245 mm
• Length of Handle: 48”
• Weight: 2kg (with handle)
• Vanguard Code: 5500 0048