Emergency nail
With Notnagel is called a nail-shaped Abseilhaken, who until the 1960s to equip the firefighters belonged. It consisted of a strong, pointed iron pin with an eyelet on the side through which a rope could be passed. The emergency nail was carried in a small pocket on the hook strap . If it was no longer possible to retreat through the building to the outside while fighting the fire , the firefighter could drive the emergency nail into a wooden window frame or other suitable place and then abseil through a window with a rope.
There was also a version as an emergency ring , which was invented by C. Setz in Riedlingen . A ring was used instead of the hook, and the nail was also barbed .
Proverbial meaning
In common parlance, an emergency nail is understood to be a last resort or an improvised emergency solution, but also a person who is only called in in emergencies as a stopgap . In the latter sense, the use of the term is older than that in the fire service.
Individual evidence
- ^ FG Kapff: Illustrated fire extinguishing rules for everyone . An emergency and help booklet in and against the risk of fire, especially for district officials, community and police authorities, syringe manufacturers, syringe masters, fire brigades, fire fighting and rescue associations, house owners, etc. 4th edition. W. Kitzinger, Stuttgart 1878, p. 27 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed November 27, 2019]).
- ↑ Johann Christoph Adelung : Grammatical-critical dictionary of the High German dialect . 2nd Edition. Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf and Compagnie , Leipzig 1793 ( zeno.org [accessed on November 27, 2019] lexicon entry “Nothnagel, der”).
Web links
- Fire brigade museum: Figure Notnagel website from Oberbrandrat a. D. Franz Czejka (Linz, Austria)