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

Fire broke out in the Eastwood (OH) Schools bus garage around 0730 this morning. It's a cold, windy, and snowy morning in northern Ohio. More on this to come.

Pileup on I-94 in Indiana: 3 Dead, 20 Injured

Sit this pic on the kitchen table and talk about how the smaller line coming into our standpipe connection may affect pressure and volume.  Then get out and look at a few of your systems. “LIKE” FIRST DUE TACKLE ON FACEBOOK Pass it on!

Lt. Bronner from the Perkins Township Fire Department did a quick airbag drill the other day. I've seen this drill somewhere before. The objective: lift, crib, and don't drop the ball.

Can you recall all 16 Life Safety Initiatives, without looking? Well, can you? I couldn't.

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.

Remember victim stabilization (arm) and protection from sparks and the cutting wheel is needed (safety glasses, spatulas, etc).

Just last month it was brought to my attention that one of the pics from that training was used in a magazine advertisement by PBI Products. Maybe they will toss a few sets of gear our way and get some product review advertisement as well.

The driver was pinned and the crew had to remove the victim from the rear of the vehicle after gaining access through the cargo box.

Getting the Griphoist back in the box is a bigger challenge than operating it. It's kind of like a jack-in-the-box.