Tag Archives: Rescue

Each unit will have their own prop to train with next week. Below are pictures of the assembly.

Grant Light and the crew on Rescue 9 in Cincinnati was at it again. They built a roller prop that entraps a hand.

Grant Light and his crew from Cincinnati Fire Heavy Rescue 9 put a little work into making this old scrap steel into a great indoor training prop.

A challenging hydraulic tool training.

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.

I dropped in to see Battalion Chief Doug Wehmeyer at the main Deerfield Twp firehouse a few days ago. After some command training and dinner, he finally let me see the rescue truck.

I dropped in on Station 16 in Columbus this afternoon. Below are some pictures of Rescue 16. It is the busiest or one of the busiest rescues in the country, year in - year out.

What's your plan for getting to a victim on the top of a car in flood waters? Swift water operations?

Some torch operations on rope from the Cincinnati Heavy Rescue 9 crew.

A couple pictures of Portland's rescue tiller.