Channellock 87 9-inch Rescue Tool for First Responders, Compact Design for Firefighters & EMT Multitool, Spanner Wrench for Easy Access, Alloy Steel Sheers for Cable Cutting, Made in the USA

Nice tool to keep in bunker pants. Will rust if gets and stays wet but still function. Big so easy to use with gloves but can wear through pants pocket

Exactly what I needed for work. HAZ tech firefighters best pocket tool.

While dissecting a car during an investigation, I borrowed this rescue too from a firefighter. I used it so much that day, I invested in purchasing a set. I’ve since used it on multiple occasions. The quality is great and has multiple uses other than its design.

I purchased this for Firefighting, and so far another couple of people in my firehouse have gotten the same tool. It does many things really well:It's a formidable wire cutter, pry tool, natural gas cut off, hose wrench as well as a great glass punch if needed too.It is a bit heavy but small enough to fit into all of the pockets of my bunker gear and if anything the mass helps do what you need to do and give you an affirmative feeling when you use it.

I've had the cable cutter variant for about 5 years now so I've gotten quite a bit out of use out of it. The cable cutters are great - works like a charm every time I've had to cut battery cables. Spanner end is super useful for undoing hose that's on super tight, or doing the opposite with leaking couplings. The gas shut off is the right size and I've yet to have issues shutting off gas to buildings as needed. While the carbon steel body does require frequent cleaning and lubrication, especially after it gets wet, that makes it MUCH easier to sharpen and maintain the cable cutter end. The tool is a bit hefty, but the trade off is that it's super solid.The only issue I've found with it is the prying end. The pry bar is too thick from the factory to really get into anything. It's too thick for most doors except loose, poorly fitting interior doors, and it's certainly too thick for prying windows open, which usually have tighter clearances than doors to begin with. I can only imagine the way you use this for prying windows open is to really just assist opening a window that's already unlocked, and you use this for added leverage since there's no handle on the outside. There's no real way to impact any force with a hammer to assist driving the pry end in, so it's gonna be all muscle and technique and it's really only a light-medium forcible entry tool - a step above a shove knife, like a carpenters flat pry bar, but before a true pry bar like a halligan or wrecking bar. With some tuning such as thinning out the the pry end a bit, and adding more of a bevel to the top, you can make a somewhat usable pry tool out of it, but don't expect a whole lot.TL;DR- Great construction- 3 of 4 tools (cutter, spanner, gas shut off) are great- Pry end is workable with some tuning, but not great for windows like advertised.

Bought this specifically for my firefighting job and has came in handy. You can control utilities, peel and peak under plastic pillars while extricating, cut battery cables ect. Good product.

Great product. Though you dont get the leverage you have with the full size model, this is small enough to stay in your pants pocket, or turn out pocket, whichever you have it in. I will gladly use extra force with a tool if its in my pocket when i need it, rather than on the ground because it fell out after my first 3 steps. They also removed the "window tool" tip from the edge, but with the weight of the product, if you cant break glass with this tool, you might want to back up and rethink the situation. While i prefer the 88`s personally because of the end, they 87`s make cutting cables easier. I strongly recommend this product because it is in your pocket when you need it. Depending on preference and SOP, you might consider some florescent paint, or reflective stickers to put on it, incase you do drop it at night.

Our son - a firefighter - loves it. He's an EMT too and it has a few uses that way as well, but he asked for this as a gift when he was in his 1st year with the dept. It lives in a pocket of his fire suit and he says it's very useful.I've been a lifelong user of Channel Locks. My father loved the brand and I was always taught to buy American tools when I could and those with the best warranties. These check both boxes.While I have never broken a pair of my Channe locks, I have used inferior brands (knockoffs, really) and they slip, won't hold, and feel cheap. I have had to leave a project and stop using another tool and go get my Channel Locks to finish the job.One other use for me. When I am not allowed to carry my gun or even my knife of a decent size... no one ever questions a pair of Channel Locks in your pocket!