Yep, when you carry a axe and a Halligan it's called carrying the Irons. The Halligan is about the most used tool on the truck cause you can do about anything with it. We carry it with a axe for forcible entry, and for tearing apart about anything you can think of. In the above pic the end that is on the axe has a big "nail Puller" and that can be used for prying a door, as can the adz part up top. I use the pick for the most part when I have to get up on a roof to ventilate.{cut a hole to let smoke and super heated gas out} if the roof is steep, you punch the pick thru the roof to give your foot something to keep you from sliding down. You can also use them for tearing out walls to find fire extention, and I have seen them thrown from a roof of a high rise with a rope attached so they can swing them into a window and break it for ventilation. When you use the halligan to force entry you use the axe to strike it so you can get it in far enough to pry it open . I did some training awhile back where we simulated being out of air in a fire building and we had to go thru a cinder block wall as fast as possible. I made it thru in 1 min and 42 sec using a halligan. The irons are also great if you dont have the "jaws of life" you can dismantile a car pretty quick if you just use it in the right spots.
