A pike pole is a long metal-topped wooden, aluminium or fiberglass pole used for reaching, hooking and/or pulling on another object. They are variously used in boating, construction, logging, rescue and recovery, power line maintenance, and firefighting.[1]
The head of a pike pole with various implements for pulling items.
Pike pole heads of the type often used in river drives, these are displayed in the forestry museum Lusto in Punkaharju, Finland.
The pole's original use in the fire service was to pull down walls and neighboring buildings to stop a fire's spread. Modern firefighting pike poles are usually of fiberglass, between 4 feet to 12 feet long, and used to search for fires hidden behind walls and ceilings, to pull items from intense heat and flames, and to ventilate structures by breaking windows. Pike poles are routinely used by firefighters as part of fire operations known as "overhaul". The design of a Pike Pole allows for the pole to be inserted with force into a wall or ceiling and the pole rotated, allowing the hook to grab and pull down large piece of drywall or lath and plaster and exposing wall cavities that may contain fire or hot spots following initial suppression activities. Also known as a ceiling hook, the pike pole is the 'hook' referred to in 'hook and ladder' truck.[1] Although modernized to be made of more durable materials such as fiberglass, the overall design and functionality of a pike pole has remained relatively unchanged despite many other advancements in overhaul operations including positive pressure ventilation and the use of thermal imaging cameras.
In construction pike poles (pick pole, spike pole) are used to lift the sides of timber framed structures, as in barn raising and utility poles. In log driving they are called rafters' hooks and are used to maneuver floating logs.
In lumbering they are used to control logs floating on a river in a log drive and constructing log rafts. Pike poles used in log rafting were originally made of wood, typically spruce or fir. In the mid-1960s they began to be made of aluminum tubing plugged with a wooden knob to maintain buoyancy. Specialized logging tools of similar appearance are peavey and cant hook.
Pike poles are also used for rescue work to grab people or objects floating in high and rough waters.
Linemen use pike poles to maintain power lines. In the early days of line construction pike poles were used to stand up the utility poles.
The tool can also be used in salvage events in such things as constructing water chutes to displace water.
Pike pole fishing
The pike-pole ice fishing day on the Ural
In the past, pike poles were used for ice fishing, known as bagrenye ryby ( "fish pike-poling"; bagor means "pike pole" in Russian). A number of ethnographers note that this way was specific to the Ural River. When fish starts to hybernate, fisherman artels in large numbers put pike poles into ice holes in places known for big fish to crowd, so that a dense forest is made of pike poles. When drifting fish hits a pole, a fisherman feels this and pulls the catch out.[2]
The 1835 Russian Encyclopedic Lexicon describes a tradition of Ural Cossacksice fishing for sturgeon. The pike-pole ice fishing of sturgeon was traditionally allowed some time after the Orthodox Christmas. On the day of bagrenye, the Cossacks would break the river ice at the known sturgeon hibernating locations, and pull out the disturbed fish with the pike poles. A successful Cossack would sometimes catch as many as 50 sturgeon. Occasionally a beluga was caught, and pulled out by a crowd. Only active-duty Cossacks were allowed to take part in this enterprise.[3]
^""Багренье" (Bagrenye, i.e. Pike-pole fishing)". Энциклопедический лексикон (Encyclopedic lexicon) (in Russian). Vol. 4. Saint Petersburg. 1835. p. 65.
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A pike pole is a long metal topped wooden aluminium or fiberglass pole used for reaching hooking and or pulling on another object They are variously used in boating construction logging rescue and recovery power line maintenance and firefighting 1 The head of a pike pole with various implements for pulling items The head of a short firefighter s pike pole Contents 1 Uses 1 1 Pike pole fishing 2 Pike poles in heraldry 3 See also 4 NotesUses EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message Pike poles being used on a log drive Pike pole heads of the type often used in river drives these are displayed in the forestry museum Lusto in Punkaharju Finland The pole s original use in the fire service was to pull down walls and neighboring buildings to stop a fire s spread Modern firefighting pike poles are usually of fiberglass between 4 feet to 12 feet long and used to search for fires hidden behind walls and ceilings to pull items from intense heat and flames and to ventilate structures by breaking windows Pike poles are routinely used by firefighters as part of fire operations known as overhaul The design of a Pike Pole allows for the pole to be inserted with force into a wall or ceiling and the pole rotated allowing the hook to grab and pull down large piece of drywall or lath and plaster and exposing wall cavities that may contain fire or hot spots following initial suppression activities Also known as a ceiling hook the pike pole is the hook referred to in hook and ladder truck 1 Although modernized to be made of more durable materials such as fiberglass the overall design and functionality of a pike pole has remained relatively unchanged despite many other advancements in overhaul operations including positive pressure ventilation and the use of thermal imaging cameras In construction pike poles pick pole spike pole are used to lift the sides of timber framed structures as in barn raising and utility poles In log driving they are called rafters hooks and are used to maneuver floating logs In lumbering they are used to control logs floating on a river in a log drive and constructing log rafts Pike poles used in log rafting were originally made of wood typically spruce or fir In the mid 1960s they began to be made of aluminum tubing plugged with a wooden knob to maintain buoyancy Specialized logging tools of similar appearance are peavey and cant hook Pike poles are also used for rescue work to grab people or objects floating in high and rough waters Linemen use pike poles to maintain power lines In the early days of line construction pike poles were used to stand up the utility poles The tool can also be used in salvage events in such things as constructing water chutes to displace water Pike pole fishing Edit The pike pole ice fishing day on the Ural In the past pike poles were used for ice fishing known as bagrenye ryby fish pike poling bagor means pike pole in Russian A number of ethnographers note that this way was specific to the Ural River When fish starts to hybernate fisherman artels in large numbers put pike poles into ice holes in places known for big fish to crowd so that a dense forest is made of pike poles When drifting fish hits a pole a fisherman feels this and pulls the catch out 2 The 1835 Russian Encyclopedic Lexicon describes a tradition of Ural Cossacks ice fishing for sturgeon The pike pole ice fishing of sturgeon was traditionally allowed some time after the Orthodox Christmas On the day of bagrenye the Cossacks would break the river ice at the known sturgeon hibernating locations and pull out the disturbed fish with the pike poles A successful Cossack would sometimes catch as many as 50 sturgeon Occasionally a beluga was caught and pulled out by a crowd Only active duty Cossacks were allowed to take part in this enterprise 3 Compare this with gaff fishing Pike poles in heraldry EditIn heraldry pike poles are seen in all colors 4 full citation needed Fet Norway Kontiolahti Finland Krun Germany with an abbot s crook Marktrodach Germany Nordre Land Norway Orpund Switzerland with a raft paddle Palfau Austria with an axe Schwabisch Hall district Germany with an inverted trammel hook Sinningen Germany Suodenniemi Finland Villingendorf GermanySee also EditCant hook Pike weapon specifically Goedendag Guisarme Boat hookNotes Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pike poles Look up pike pole in Wiktionary the free dictionary a b Tools of the Trade Firefighting Hand Tools and Their Use PennWell Books 1997 ISBN 0912212624 Chapter 5 Poles Bagrenye ryby in Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary in Russian Bagrene Bagrenye i e Pike pole fishing Enciklopedicheskij leksikon Encyclopedic lexicon in Russian Vol 4 Saint Petersburg 1835 p 65 Wappen Flossermuseum Unterrodach Retrieved from https en 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