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The prusik makes it easy to adjust where you want the working end of the jackhammer to be. This can also be accomplished with a tool being held by two personnel.

Heck, most of yes have the materials laying around the firehouse. Have a rookie on your crew?

Mr. Burkell wasn't going to tell us, but we were his first official tour with his license; although he has been guiding EFO students through the battlefield for years.

Often times I've been told that guys will flip a switch or step up to the occasion on an incident scene.

In the pictures below you will see that going through the lock is a good option. Cutting the bars may be more difficult as they spin and will not leave you a way to secure the occupancy after the call.

The sign on the door states "Emergency access only. To be used by local fire department." The only way to access this door from the outside is via extension ladders due to limited access and an overhang.

This post from FF Brian Hackenburg who was a family friend of SSG Jon Martin. We will be running the memorial race in Bellevue, OH May 24. Come join us. Be sure to check out the FF Fitness Page for more races.

Here are a couple pictures of cheap in-house confined space training options to challenge your crew.

Personnel from the Coast Guard and first responders from Ottawa County and Jerusalem Township teamed up to assist an injured snowmobiler off the ice near Crane Creek, Ohio

RIT has a plan at least to start; that's powerful if routine turns to MAYDAY. At this fire we watched the working crews put the fire out without need for the RIT. Good day.