The Palm beach fire Department offered this training session on the use of TIC’s in fire. The key Takeaway is that images on the tic in fire environments looks different then stuff in normal day to day environments, because objects, and people especially go from being the warmest thing in
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I found this on Facebook. its a pretty slick way to accomplish a technical rescue with equipment normally found on a standard engine. Ill note that in this case the dummy is pretty sloppily attached to the backboard – the straps should be laied out in an X formation over
A variation of the Halligan bar for automotive use is the “Highway Halligan” which replaces the fork with a metal cutter, allowing it to be used like a giant can opener. The Cutter end works well cutting out windshields on cars – punch some starter holes with the spike, and
What Do we do with a Daisy Chain? This Post from VentEnterSearch.com suggests how to neatly store and deploy webbing form your chest pocket.
From FireRescueMagazine.com This Article offers a review some of the basics about elevators, initial action plan suggestions, tool assignments and some basic elevator rescue techniques for all levels of experience: awareness, operations and technician While Department SOP’s may dictate your level of involvement in an elevator rescue, the Awareness level
VentEnterSearch.com offered up a post on how to organize Cribbing for Vehicle Extraction. Cribbing gets strapped to a base plate, and enables it to be carried as a unit. Properly sized, you could use one pack per side of a car. Over at AbsoluteRescue.com they featured LA County Station 8