Tag Archives: Extrication

This past weekend I was able to teach for BGSU State Fire School in Ottoville, OH with a couple other great rescue minds. The May Fire School schedule was just released. Hope to see you in the Heavy Rescue Class.

Here are a couple pictures to talk about with your crew. Discuss what your first moves are and what you will need in addition to your immediate resources.

Check this short video out and share with your up and coming extrication tool handlers.

Summer is coming to a close and the farm fields will be getting more active again. We've kept this post fairly short with some patient management thoughts, but have included several links below that touch on: haybines, augers, combines, anhydrous ammonia tanks, corn headers, grain bin rescue, and rope systems.

We know a guy that needed a semi tractor cut up. He just happened to know we would cut it up for him. So, that's what we did. A quick-hitter class of sorts, but its not everyday you get to cut up a semi tractor.

Overall, these gloves provide great cut and impact protection. Watch the video from Randy, check out the description from his website, and hash through our pros/cons.

Yesterday on Facebook we added a picture of a guy wire into a car that a Brother shared. A pretty good conversation about how to deal with these wires took place. If your able scroll back on the FDT facebook page to check it out.

As more and more alternative fueled vehicles hit the road, we still haven’t really seen an industry standard that identifies these vehicles easily for first responders.  Little hybrid, propane, or CNG stickers on the trunk or fender can be hard to see at night and/or destroyed during a crash.  The tale is similar when talking about school buses.  Take for ...

When I say thinking with muscle I include your cranium muscle. At last nights training we set-up a roll-over pinning scenario and also moved big blocks. It's not rocket science, but sometimes we could fall into a trap of what is not fastest and safest.

The scenario is a husband and wife are snaking the basement floor drain and the husband sticks his arm down the drain hole to clear some debris when the wife turns the snake on. The husband becomes entrapped in the snake and the drain. So we have to cut the concrete to get the pipe out... then dissect the pipe... then cut his finger out of the auger.