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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.

Andrew Brassard made a maze prop that weighs a couple hundred pounds. The idea is to use pry bars, airbags, wedges, cribbing, rabbit tools, spreaders, and other tools to manipulate the box and get a small ball from one end to the other.

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.

This run information is from Assistant Chief John Ryan, City of Newburgh Fire Department. Something to keep in mind when your struggling for a source.

Train more and move more this year. Below 50.

There are a lot of moving parts, belts, and chains that create potential for entrapment. Short video and a couple pictures below.