Tag Archives: Extrication

If you see seatbelt airbags in any vehicle make sure you identify where the gas cylinders are at. In this case the cylinders are right where we would be tunneling in an under-ride scenario.

We are like surgeons with big tools often working around people parts.

Cincinnati Rescue 9 Lt. Grant Light has the mic last month in the Heavy Rescue class at BGSU State Fire School.

Henrico Fire doing a protestor extrication training. Just another all-hazards response we may run on. Notice they involved the donut marshals. Us recliner jockeys have to be on the same page with our law enforcement counterparts in these scenarios. Solid training.

Check these pictures out of a extrication training on rope. Push your training to prepare for the unusual, but just as importantly, to strengthen your critical thinking.

A couple pictures of Portland's rescue tiller.

I share these pictures to show some of the mounting options available, and to suggest looking at many rigs when organizing your new rig. Plan them out so they work for your department's operations.

It's a elevator rescue in a blind shaft with heavy rigging (griphoist), metal cutting on rope (plasma cutter and saw), and a pick-off.

For those that have a grip hoist you know the box it comes in is very tight. We had a new box made to prevent the jack-in-the-box effect. The box can easily be used to move other equipment as well.

Sometimes we get caught up in all the fancy and extensive tools on our rigs. This is a reminder that we can do great work with simple tools.