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Basic Firefighting Knots : Firefighting Knots: Square

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Uploaded by on Sep 18, 2008

A square knot is a quick knot that can be tied two different ways. Learn to tie a fireman's square knot in this free firefighting video from a fire captain.

Expert: Joe Bruni
Contact: firestop.staylow@verizon.net
Bio: Captain Joe Bruni has over three decades of experience as a street firefighter and company officer.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

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  • Dislike simply because a square knot is NOT a safe knot to risk your life on. You're better off with a sheet bend or double beckett bend.

  • man, its a real shame your not more reconized on here, your a good guy

  • The closed captioning covers pretty much the whole demonstration!

  • @xXbodhichittaXx LOL and I"m sure that's why Navies all around the world still teach this knot in their basic training for use in "securing" 2 lines of the same size together... sorry but seems to me you are either doing it wrong or don't know what you are talking about...

    now 2 lines of different sizes... well that's different but that's also what the sheet bend is for.

  • When you tied the knot on the bight, I had trouble seeing the working ends after the knot was completed. It looks like you tied a "thief knot" which looks a lot like a square knot (reef knot); but it is not as secure. The test is this: Reef or Square Knot = working ends are on the same side when completed. Thief Knot = working ends are on opposite sides when completed.

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