Month: October 2017
I’m not sure how I stumbled across this, but its a great idea for GSAR Clothing. Combat shirts are designed to be comfortable in all weather, and offer protection – long sleeves help protect against the Sun and skin Abrasions. Dana Richardson found a light colored shirt, and dyed it
Whoa. I just saw this on Twitter, and had to post it. if your pc isnt lagging, this animation shows heart function working in real time with a resting heart rate of 72bpm. See more (and a slowed down version) here:https://hippano.tumblr.com/post/110367051025/hippano-heres-some-cardio-lecture-crammed-into-a
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
Building construction is one area I hope to be able to add original content, given I hold a Degree in Architectural History and Theory. I am a firm believer that there is now a additional category of building construction. Despite both being wood construction, Legacy and Lightweight construction vary significantly.
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
Considered to be the bible on the topic by many, The FDNY Forcible Entry Reference Guide is available for free online The Guide cover the History and usage of tools to gain entry to structures.
This Blog was put together to aggregate articles and resources I have found interesting or helpful related to emergency response. Topics will likely cover Fire/EMS/Technical Rescue/Urban and Ground Search and Rescue. The goal is a couple of posts per week, Ideally with some original content.