First Due Tackle Pass It On – Firefighter, Rescue & Extrication Training

Field Applications LLC has a hybrid auto extrication guide application available for free.  Might be a decent option in the field once you get to the vehicle and identify it, then pull up the diagrams on your smartphone.  Pass it on if it works!

Overview The Complete Vehicle Extrication Technical Rescuer Level I and II Training Solution! Technical rescuers need to know how to safely and effectively operate at small and large vehicle and machinery extrication incidents. Vehicle Extrication Levels I & II: Principles and Practice provides all the critical knowledge and skills necessary for technical rescue teams to perform in these environments. Vehicle Extrication Levels ...

The social media world is providing instructors with numerous options to pass on knowledge.  As an instructor, I am often wanting more time in the classroom or on the training ground.  Here’s a way to gain valuable class or training time. By making a video preview of an upcoming lecture or hands-on drill, instructors can increase the knowledge base of ...

Here’s a piece brother firefighter Charlie Hillman (Norwalk (OH) FD) wrote about a chimney fire last winter.  He brings up several fireground basics that we all should remember.  Pass it on! On Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 0850 hours the Willard Fire and Rescue department was dispatched to a chimney fire.  The chimney fire was reported in a 1 ½ ...