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I've looked at different bridges for years as potentially challenging should a vehicle go off and there is a need for rescue or recovery. How are you going to get down if access from the bank is overly time consuming or impossible due to terrain?

For the last several weeks we have given away a bunch of great products in the Before The Snow Flies Giveaway. Somehow, Smitty over at Boron Extrication and the FDT crew have managed to juggle what goes to who. We certainly couldn't have made it without the help of Shane at the National Firefighters Endowment. Consider joining the Officers Club.

October is alway a busy month with fire prevention activities, so here are a few topics to get your training geared back up. Ultimately, we have to expect fire, expect entrapments, and expect to break stuff. There are a bunch of links throughout this post to help with a company drill or table top discussion.

Brother Houghtlen sent over some more Quick Sh!t this afternoon. Check out the others HERE. Do you have any ideas you want to see on the Quick Sh!t page. Is anybody using these one page training documents yet? Send us pictures if you are.

The crash shown in the pictures left this Ford Escape in a side presentation with the drivers side down. It was unstable side to side, however the drivers side front tire was buried in the stone providing a starting point for stabilization.

Next up for the Before The Snow Flies Giveaway is a shirt from Ride Backwards. Read more about the Ride Backwards crew and how this firefighter product for firefighters was born, HERE.

Below are two different methods of storing webbing with a carabiner. FF Louie Wargo sent them over with a few questions after a recent training. As a side note, be sure to look up in the wheelhouse of the Jet Express if your ever headed to the Lake Erie islands. Captain Louie might be piloting the boat.

The sites main goal is to give you the best possible information on how to quickly identify what type of aircraft is in front of you, gain access, shut-down aircraft systems, and remove aircrew members during an emergency incident and/or accident in your response area or community.

We just wrapped up four company drills of forcible entry training with the Oregon (OH) Fire Department. Many of the pictures are on the First Due Tackle facebook page. Be sure to check them out. We talked tools, technique, and brotherhood.

Boron Extrication and First Due Tackle have teamed up to give you a chance to win some new equipment and swag. We'll announce a new product or more every week until the giveaway ends on October 31, 2012. The more often you like and share, the more chances you have to win. Be sure to review the rules on the Enter The Giveaway page linked below and check the blogs regularly for the next product announcement.