We did a little high-line set-up training in the apparatus bay yesterday. It ended up being a pretty low-line, but it worked to practice the set-up.
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Torch Training In A Tube
Grant Light from Cincinnati Heavy Rescue 9 sent these pics over in a rescue email group. Great shots of him and his crew doing some torch training.
Read More »More Action With the UFO Rigging Cube
Back at the May 2013 BGSU State Fire School while teaching in the heavy rescue class, a group of instructors were passing around some newer pieces of equipment to the rescue world. One was the UFO Rigging Cube.
Read More »Toledo (OH) Sinkhole Rescue – What’s Your Size-Up?
The Toledo Fire & Rescue Department responded to what was dispatched as a car crash on July 3, 2013. Upon arrival they found a huge sinkhole that swallowed up a car with the driver still inside.
Read More »Great Lake Rip Currents – A Bit Of Awareness…
The Sandusky Fire Department shared some information about the Great Lake rip currents the other day. It just so happens that the weather is right and a North East blow is making the southern shore of Lake Erie treacherous today in our area (Huron, OH - halfway between Cleveland and Toldeo).
Read More »Rope Rescue Training Out Of Spokane
Here's some pictures from Mike Forbes of a recent rope training Spokane Truck 4 did. We can learn a lot about rigging by just looking at pictures sometimes, so here they are.
Read More »Slopped Floor Shore By The MI-TF1
Here are some photos and a drill description from a task force (MI-TF1) exercise last week. The task was to shore a sloped (lean-to) floor. They used Paratech equipment.
Read More »Milton, Ontario Cliff Rescue Training / Homemade Edge Protection
One of the Milton, Ontario Fire Department crews set up a scenario where they had to rescue a “patient” from the bottom of the cliff… but they had to go through and around several trees at the edge of the cliff. Rattlesnake point (where they get most of their rope calls has some pretty tricky edges with overhangs and trees ...
Read More »Bumper’s On A Fire Boat? Need Some Knot Help
After several years, the weather and bouncing a boat takes has worn out the ropes that hold on our bumpers. I've searched the internet for specific knots to retie the bumpers without much luck.
Read More »Kid Stuck In A Safe – What’s Your Plan?
To be honest, I had never even thought about having to extricate a kid from a safe. Is it possible, you bet. Just google "kid trapped in a safe". Think about all the safes in Dick's Sporting Goods, Walmarts, Gander Mountains, etc...
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