
Introduction
VENTILATION:
Cutters Edge Fire Rescue Saws are designed and built exclusively for use by trained firefighters. Although
Cutters Edge Fire Rescue Saws are essentially modified chainsaws their use and applications differ substantially. This manual is
provided to assist you in learning the safe and proper set-up, start-up and maintenance of your new Cutters Edge Fire Rescue Saw.
However, you should not attempt to use this tool without knowledge of the safe and proper applications of power saws in fighting fires.
This manual is in no way intended to replace the basic chainsaw manual; rather it should be used as a supplemental manual dealing
with the specific applications of this specialized firefighting tool. Nor are the guidelines for operational procedures described herein
intended to contradict the standard operating procedures (SOP) of your individual fire department.
There are a number of excellent training publications available about the principles and techniques of ventilation. Cutters Edge
recommends the book “FIRE RESCUE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES”, by Los Angeles City Fire Department Battalion Chief (Ret.),
John Mittendorf
The purpose of ventilation is to establish a safer interior environment through planned and systematic removal of heat, smoke, and
toxic gases and their replacement with fresh air. Ventilation is an offensive technique that, when accomplished early and effectively,
can speed tactical operations and provide a safer environment for firefighters.
As fire develops within a structure, several conditions result. First, the temperature and toxicity of the atmosphere increase rapidly.
Then radiated and convected heat result in flashover and the subsequent rapid spread of fire throughout the structure. Without
ventilation the fire will develop a super-heated, oxygen deficient and fuel-rich environment ripe for backdraft.
Firefighters can minimize these dangerous conditions with proper ventilation techniques and proper tools. Knowledge, training and
Cutters Edge Fire Rescue Saws are the proper tools.
RESCUE:
With the development of the BULLET® CHAIN, applications for your CUTTERS EDGE
®
FIRE RESCUE SAW have
increased dramatically compared to conventional chain saws and rotary saws.
Your Fire Rescue Saw can be used for many operations, including: Ventilation, Forcible Entry, Storm Damage, Rescue, Crash Rescue
and many conventional rotary and chain saw applications.
While chain wear and damage may be accelerated when cutting materials other than wood, your BULLET
®
CHAIN equipped saw is
capable of cutting most building materials, including roofing nails, joist hangers, nailing plates, flashing, light gauge sheet metal and
some lightweight concretes. It is capable of cutting automotive sheet metal, automotive glass, hurricane glass, bulletproof glass,
plastics, fiberglass, and many other composite materials. It can also cut aircraft skin, cockpit and aircraft windows, including some
aircraft structural materials*.
There are, of course, limitations but your CUTTERS EDGE FIRE RESCUE SAW with BULLET
®
CHAIN will cut a wide variety of
materials under the most severe fire ground and rescue scene conditions.
This manual will familiarize you with your new Fire Rescue Saw and take you through the proper procedures for installing the guide
bar and BULLET
®
CHAIN and Guard/Depth Gauge
®.
It will also show you how to clean and maintain the saw after use.
Before attempting to assemble or use your saw, we strongly suggest that you read this manual completely. Then carefully follow
the instructions in this manual as you proceed to prepare your Cutters Edge Fire Rescue Saw for use.
* When materials other than wood are cut, increased wear and damage should be anticipated. The possibility of chain breakage also increases.
All materials listed have been successfully cut under controlled conditions or during actual fireground and rescue incidents. However, quantity,
composition of specific materials, operator experience, existing conditions and unknown factors can adversely affect the outcome.
Beware of Kickback !
There are two types of kickback that can be encountered with the improper use of a chainsaw.
ROTATIONAL KICKBACK
is the violent reaction which occurs when the chain at the upper section of the nose
is suddenly stopped, thereby dangerously driving the bar nose in an upward arc toward the operator.
LINEAR KICKBACK
is a push reaction, which can occur when the saw is buried in the cut and the cut closes,
pinching the chain along the top rails of the bar, pushing the saw into the operator.
CUTTERS EDGE FIRE RESCUE SAWS WITH BULLET
®
CHAINS HAVE THE LOWEST KICKBACK POTENTIAL AND HIGHEST
LEVEL OF SAFETY AVAILABLE.
The Cutters Edge Fire Rescue Saw, equipped with the BULLET
®
CHAIN was tested for kickback by SMP, The Swedish Testing
Institute. Because of the unique cutting action of the BULLET
®
CHAIN, the test results on the CUTTERS EDGE FIRE RESCUE SAW
showed it to have extremely low kickback, in fact, the lowest kickback potential of any chainsaw style saw.
WARNING!
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