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This air kit is set-up to work off our Ajax chisel regulator and hose.  All we did was get the right size connections for the Ajax hose.  These tools run at 90 PSI and the box needs labeled for those 2 am calls. One challenge these days is that different pneumatic tools run at different pressures: i.e. airbags: 118 psi, ...

Grant Light and the firefighters at Cincinnati Rescue 9 built a VES prop in the firehouse.

Lots going on in this wreck. How would your crew respond. Stabilization, lifting, cutting, impalement, EMS, definitive care?

At the front of the plant they have a legend of what the different colored pipes mean. Great idea and great value for us rescuers that will be working in areas around these pipes.

A crash involving more than 50 vehicles on the Ohio Turnpike. Two people were killed and an Ohio State Patrol Trooper was pinned between two vehicles.

Badges of Honor 5k schedules for the BGSU State Fire School week in Bowling Green, OH. May 14 at 6 pm. Great week of training and a quick Wednesday evening run. Come join us.

Confined space training at the Milton (Ontario) FD using a culvert pipe and ladder gin.

It's that time of year for the Northern Ohio FOOLS host the annual Heavy Rescue 101 training. It is free training. CE's provided by Ehove Fire Academy. All the details are below. Be sure to register by April 1.

Below are a couple pictures of a interesting elevator rescue set-up from the Edmonton Technical Rescue Team (Engine 3 and Rescue 3). They used Paratech collapse shores.

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.