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The four steps of vehicle accident extrication

I am not going to pretend to write an article on vehicle extrication based on my vast knowledge: it would be a very short article. I am not going to "reinvent wheel;" Ron Moore has this subject covered about as thoroughly as possible. He breaks down every imaginable aspect of vehicle extrication into very detailed articles. I am going to take a step back and write a basic article on extrication as a reminder to most and a good starting point for some. For most firefighters outside of rescue...

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Frank Brannigan

Frank Brannigan
Know Your Enemy #47
We continue with our pictorial discussion of trusses which started with Know Your Enemny #44. Brannigan takes us through his private image library

John Dibacco

John Dibacco
Incident Review as an Instructional Method - Part II
The purpose of conducting an incident review is to evaluate performance, determine training needs and to provide instruction that will contribute to success on future incidents.
 

Recent Podcasts

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 17:35

Host Bob Duemmel talks with three Southern California area firefighters about a recent cliff rescue at the Cabrillo National Monumen and rescue training throughout the state.

Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 18:29

Podcast host Bob Duemmel talks with Mike Donahue founder of Progressive Rescue in this edition of The Buzz on Technical Rescue.

Bob and Mike discuss various aspects of rope rescue operations during this session. They look at safety, equipment, knots and rigging related to rope rescue. Mike shares some thoughts on how a team or department functions at a rope rescue incident.

 

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February 7, 2010:

I've washed all my work out clothes….cleaned out my car….stored all my classroom notes and textbooks on the shelf….read the newspaper reports of the graduation and the now fulfilled dreams of my classmates...

 

Upcoming TrainingLive Webcasts

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Jeffrey Pindelski

Monday, August 31, 2009 - 03:00

Rapid intervention and firefighter survival skills are often considered advanced, but do you have a firm grasp on the basic skills of firefighter removal? This webcast, based on case studies and proven statistics, will enable you to learn essential rapid intervention rope rescue concepts that can also be applied to basic, everyday fireground survival.

 

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