Fire suppression vegetation removal safety kit
A fire suppression vegetation clearing kit provides for effective vegetation removal operations associated with fire suppression activities while ensuring user safety in operation with an industrial grade wood-chipper. The kit comprises a spade and a rakehoe. In this kit, each of the tools are composed of a non-metal material and are made of a unitary composition or a combination of non-metal materials. Each tool excludes open-loop handles, such that users are unable to loop a handle, arm, or anything else through the handle. The kit is also usable with a shovel having a non-open-loop handle. The shovel, spade, and rakehoe allow for vegetation clearing activities.
1 . A fire suppression vegetation clearing kit usable with an industrial-grade wood chipper, the kit comprising:
a spade including a spade head and a spade shaft composed of a unitary construction consisting of a single continuous unit of the spade head and the spade shaft excluding any intermediate components therebetween, wherein both the spade head and the spade shaft are composed entirely of a first non-metal material;
a rakehoe including a rakehoe head and a rakehoe shaft composed of a unitary construction consisting of a single continuous unit of the rakehoe head and the rakehoe shaft excluding any intermediate components therebetween and the rakehoe head and rakehoe shaft are composed entirely of a second non-metal material, the rakehoe head having a first side and a second side, the first side including a rake element having a plurality of tines extending outward therefrom and the second side include a hoe head having a substantially rectangular shape with a flat edge distal to the rakehoe shaft, such that the rakehoe head is composed of the second non-metal material including the flat edge and wherein the rakehoe head is permanently affixed to the rakehoe shaft and non-moveable relative to the rakehoe shaft; and
each of the spade and the rakehoe having a handle portion consisting of a handle having a curved shape, the shape being a solid element and having a shape excluding a user appendix fitting therethrough, such that upon any contact of the spade and/or the rakehoe by a user with the wood chipper and the unitary construction without any metal and the handle portion without any apertures allows the contacting spade and/or rakehoe to be safely shredded by the wood chipper without causing bodily injury to the user.
2 . The fire suppression vegetation clearing kit of claim 1 , wherein the first non-metal material and/or the second non-metal material is a thermoplastic polymer.
3 . The fire suppression vegetation clearing kit of claim 2 , wherein the thermoplastic polymer includes acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) having a polycarbonate material infused therein.
4 . The fire suppression vegetation clearing kit of claim 1 further comprising:
a shovel having a closed handle affixed thereto.
5 . The fire suppression vegetation clearing kit of claim 4 , wherein the closed handle has a t-shape with a surface area for user hand to grip thereonto.
6 . The fire suppression vegetation clearing kit of claim 1 , wherein the spade head includes a plurality of structural ribbing elements affixed thereto.
7 . The fire suppression vegetation clearing kit of claim 1 , wherein the rakehoe head includes a plurality of structural ribbing elements affixed thereto.
8 . The fire suppression vegetation clearing kit of claim 1 further comprising:
a carrying kit capable of engaging the shovel, the spade, and the rakehoe and providing for ease of transport.