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Then, over the next 2 days we were in the water covering defensive swimming, throwbags, shallow water crossings, swiftwater rescue boards, 2 and 4 line boat operations, high line boat operations, and victim rescue.

Below are some great strut training pictures from Chad Daily of Kansas City Fire Department Rescue 9. There are many strong, versatile, and fast deploying struts on the market today

FF Gadd took a couple pictures of a strip mall that is getting a bit of a face lift. We don't always get a chance to see the inside guts of overhangs and facades, so be sure to take advantage if an opportunity like this happens in your area.

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.

Back at the May 2013 BGSU State Fire School while teaching in the heavy rescue class, a group of instructors were passing around some newer pieces of equipment to the rescue world. One was the UFO Rigging Cube.

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.

Over this weekend the world saw two fatal charter bus crashes. Although different in construction, these buses give rescuers similar challenges because of the numbers of passengers. Lots of personnel and resources are needed for incidents of this magnitude.

Screw jacks are very versatile and pretty inexpensive as well. In a rescue email group today we started discussing screw jacks in the trench environment.

There are three separate parts to this post, but lots of good stuff to think about.

Here's some pictures from Mike Forbes of a recent rope training Spokane Truck 4 did. We can learn a lot about rigging by just looking at pictures sometimes, so here they are.