Fire flapper (tool)
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A Flapper is a wildland firefighting tool also called a swatter or a beater.
This tool’s long handle allows firefighters to stand well back from hot grass fires while literally swatting out the flames with the thick rubber flap. Where groundcover is short, the flapper can be dragged along the fire edge to smother the fire.
Technique developed from using a wet green pine bough to swat the fire known as "wet sacking" a fire.
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