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School Bus Extrication – Multiple Techniques

Conventional forcible entry on a school bus…

Roll-over pinning scenario lifting.

If you have never cut on a school bus, you get to ride along with Austrian FF Bernd Altinger in the videos below. FF Altinger was wearing the Fire Cam from FireVideo.net during the heavy rescue class at the 2013 BGSU State Fire School. We had lots of help with tools in this pit from: TNT Rescue Systems, Milwaukee Tools, Dewalt, Hi-Lift Jack, Paratech, Packexe Smash. Give them a “Like”. We couldn’t do the class without all the support.

Read the wrap-up from the under-ride pit HERE.

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Through The Side Windows and Wall (teaching point on the angle of your tool early in the video)

You will see in the video below how easily the blade pops out of the sawzal when it is forced while trying to cut multiple layers of a school bus wall. We also learned that our Austrian Brother Bernd Altinger was a new user of the sawzal. Sounds like he was more familiar with a circular type saw.

One option for steering column displacement on a Type D school bus with hydraulics. More coming soon in a FireRescue article comparing the challenges of Type C and Type D school bus driver entrapment.

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Through The Floor. A challenging and time consuming option.

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Posted by firstduetackle on May 15, 2013 • Filed under: All, Company Drills, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Training, Instructorship, Rescue, School Bus Extrication, Training, Training & Development, Uncategorized, Vehicle Rescue • Tagged: bgsu state fire school, dewalt, Extrication, FDT, Firefighter Training, first responder jack, heavy rescue, hi-lift jacks, milwaukee tools, paul hasenmeier, reciprocating saw, sawzal, school bus extrication, tnt tools, vehicle extrication, www.firstduetackle.com

BGSU State Fire School – Heavy Rescue Day 1

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Packed classroom to start the day with JD Vasbinder.

Stabilization and school bus work.

Day 1 in the classroom for the Heavy Rescue class at the 2013 BGSU State Fire School has come and gone. Part of the crew was at the HOT training group prepping the pits for the rest of the week. This is going to be a quick post with a few pictures and teaching points from todays session. Several links to other training reference are scattered throughout.

We’ll try to get pics and a few teaching points each night this week…

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JD made a “rule of thumb” point on knowing the weights of heavy vehicles.

1000 lbs. per foot for the trailer
20,000 lbs. per axle

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John from Gary Schumaker LLC. brought this fuel tanker by for an afternoon walk-around. It can carry gasoline, diesel, and gasoline with ethanol.

Garbage Trucks – Lifting A Heavy Load

John talking about the bill of lading. Helps determine what in the tanker. Is it loaded or gas?

Emergency valve shut-off on front of tanker. Air hose – Red – Emergency Brakes / Blue – Application.

Stuck Between a Car and a Garbage Truck

Another lifting pit for the week.

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Posted by firstduetackle on May 6, 2013 • Filed under: All, Company Drills, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Training, Rescue, Rescues, School Bus Extrication, Training, Training & Development, Vehicle Rescue • Tagged: bgsu state fire school, Extrication, FDT, fire school, Firefighter Training, heavy rescue, paul hasenmeier, school bus extrication, semi tankers, www.firstduetackle.com

School Bus Extrication Training, Scholarships, and Here We Come Indy

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This past Friday and Saturday we helped with the Northern Ohio Fools Heavy Rescue 101 training event. For the 7th year in a row this event has grown bigger and better. This year firefighters from 8 states were represented. In this post I’m going to share a few pictures and a brief training description specific to school bus extrication. For more on school bus extrication CLICK HERE.

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If the driver is pinned and main door access is not possible; one option is to go through the sidewall. Cut down the wall after removing the window. Behind this wall you will find lots of controls and wires. Remove it all and make room for your ram. Your ram will push the A post, steering column, and dash off the patient. Make sure to push against something solid like the B post.

Bare bones basics of heavy lifting. Driving wedges to free a pinned victim after a roll-over. Inches was all it took.

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Posted by firstduetackle on April 23, 2013 • Filed under: All, Company Drills, Firefighter Training, Instructorship, Leadership, Rescue, School Bus Extrication, Training, Training & Development, Vehicle Rescue • Tagged: FDIC, FDT, Firefighter Training, heavy rescue, northern ohio fools, paul hasenmeier, scholarship, school bus extrication, stair climb, www.firstduetackle.com

Extrication Training Coming Up

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Two great training events are fast approaching and the BGSU State Fire School Heavy Rescue class is filling up quick. Check out the flyers and information on both classes below. Our friend Smitty, the brain behind BORON EXTRICATION, is coming south for the Northern Ohio Fools Heavy Rescue.

Northern Ohio FF’s – 2013 Training Scholarship Application

Northern Ohio Fools Heavy Rescue 101

Below is the informational flyer and an order form for the 7th annual tshirts.

Register For The Heavy Rescue 101

BGSU State Fire School Heavy Rescue

Click Here For Full Description and Registration

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Posted by firstduetackle on March 26, 2013 • Filed under: All, Company Drills, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Training, Rescue, School Bus Extrication, Training, Training & Development, Vehicle Rescue • Tagged: extrication training, FDT, Firefighter Training, heavy rescue 101, northern ohio fools, Rescue, school bus extrication, www.boronextrication.com, www.firstduetackle.com

Northern Ohio Training Scholarship Opportunity & Heavy Rescue 101

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For those of you in and around Northern Ohio, here is a training scholarship opportunity sponsored by the Northern Ohio Fools and Hasenmeier Training. Simply fill out the application and return it to the address listed. Recipients will be announced at the Northern Ohio Fools Heavy Rescue 101 on April 20, 2013. Last year, several thousand dollars were awarded.

2013 Training Scholarship Application

Also be sure to get registered for the Heavy Rescue 101 event. On Friday night April 19, there will be a roundtable discussion with some of the areas top rescue instructors. Then on Saturday you will get a day of hands-on extrication. Come for one or both classes. CE’s provided by EHOVE FIRE ACADEMY. Your only cost is a $5 donation for Friday night and a $10 donation for Saturday. The donation goes straight towards the construction of the Huron County Firefighters Memorial.

Register Here For Both Classes

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Posted by firstduetackle on March 12, 2013 • Filed under: All, Company Drills, Fire Rescue Topics, Firefighter Training, Rescue, Rescues, School Bus Extrication, Training, Training & Development, Vehicle Rescue • Tagged: Ehove Career Center, Extrication, FDT, Firefighter Training, northern ohio fools, rescue roundtable, training, training scholarship, www.firstduetackle.com

Santa Rescue Guide 3 of 3 – Crashing A Sleigh

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Have fun reading the Santa Rescue Guide, it was fun writing with a twist of humor, sarcasm, and holiday spirit. Although only a hint of training in each, we have included some training links at the bottom of each post.

If you missed Guide 1 – CLICK HERE

If you missed Guide 2 – CLICK HERE

You are called for a crash into house with reports of someone yelling HO HO H-O-SHIT just before impact. If you stopped believing, you better think again because Santa just wrecked his rig. Even with all those magic powers, Santa relies on some of the latest technology to orchestrate his one night of hustle and bustle.

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On arrival you find a couple elves herding the raindeer in the front yard. All are unscathed except for Rudolph who has a busted beak from hitting the mailbox on the way down. One elf said that Santa hit the emergency eject button for the raindeer when he lost control. Another elf said that Santa is still in the sleigh that went through the roof.

After a walk-around you determine the structure to be fairly stable condition minus the hole in the roof. Rescuers holler into Santa who said nobody else is in this house. Asked how he knows, Santa said that he checked his list and this family in scheduled for a delivery elsewhere. All Santa wants is some help getting the sleigh out of the house quickly so he can get back to his deliveries.

The sleigh is having some sort of electrical issues because the lights and dashboard are flickering like Clark Griswald’s house. One big problem is that not even the folks behind the Crash Recovery System have come up with a drawing of Santa’s sleigh. A google search found the sleigh drawings below, but a call to the North Pole didn’t confirm either set of specifications.

Santa helps with the power shut down and scolds the rookie heading for the orange cable with wire cutters. A few minutes go by without a plan for sleigh removal as rescuers consider textbook structural collapse techniques. Santa jumps into the conversation when he said, “We ain’t got time for that! Get a hook in here and yank it out.”

Within minutes, the sleigh is out and Santa’s elves get the raindeer hooked back up to the sleigh. The crew is disappointed as Santa leaves in such a hurry without sticking around for some milk and cookies, but can relate to missing a meal.

If your on duty Christmas Eve, be sure to track Santa as he moves in on your jurisdiction HERE.

@NoradSanta

Training Links:

Boron Extrication

Rescue Techs

Electric Vehicle Safety Training

BGSU State Fire School

Engine House Training

Highrise Operations

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Posted by firstduetackle on December 21, 2012 • Filed under: All, Firefighter Training, School Bus Extrication, Vehicle Rescue • Tagged: Extrication, FDT, Firefighter Training, paul hasenmeier, santa rescue, sleigh rollover, www.firstduetackle.com

Dump Truck vs. School Bus In NJ & Santa Rescue

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The Manalapan Township Fire Co. #1 had its hands full last Friday when a dump truck lost control and rolled onto a school bus. Luckily, no children were on the bus and no injuries were reported.

See more of the pictures HERE on the FD website. Stabilization is an obvious concern when you roll up to a wreck like this. You will see several heavy wreckers involved in the uprighting of the dump truck.

FDT School Bus Extrication Resources

Santa Rescue Guide

Tomorrow through Friday we will give you a few Santa rescue scenarios to humor you just before the jolly ol’ fella starts his annual flight next week. Included in those posts will be links to numerous training sites that will provide you with hours of material for the coming year.

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Below is a great picture from Fire Medic Art to reinforce the care fresh cut Christmas trees need. Be sure to share with your community.

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Posted by firstduetackle on December 18, 2012 • Filed under: All, Firefighter Training, School Bus Extrication, Training, Training & Development, Vehicle Rescue • Tagged: darrell fitch, FDT, fire medic art, paul hasenmeier, santa rescue, school bus crash, vehicle extrication, www.firstduetackle.com

Fatal Rear-End School Bus Crash – No Students Hurt

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The driver of a passenger car died after rear-ending a stopped school bus near Tomball, Texas on Wednesday (12-12-12). This under-ride is a potentially challenging one because of the big vehicle on top.

FDT School Bus Extrication Resources

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If you haven’t thought about this scenario before check out the post linked HERE where we used airbags to make the lift. Other options include calling in a heavy wrecker, read more HERE.

An article and more pictures from the crash can be found HERE.

Read more about a garbage truck under-ride HERE.

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Posted by firstduetackle on December 12, 2012 • Filed under: All, Company Drills, Firefighter Training, News, School Bus Extrication, Training, Vehicle Rescue • Tagged: FDT, first due tackle, heavy lifting, paul hasenmeier, school bus extrication, school bus under-ride, vehicle extrication, www.firstduetackle.com

School Bus Crashes In The News – Week of 11-12-12

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Here are some of this weeks school bus crashes from around the country. If you haven’t trained for a school bus crash in your jurisdiction, prepare now. From small town USA to big city American, unfortunately school buses crash everyday. If you do nothing else, check out the resources on the FDT School Bus Extrication page linked at the end of this post. Table top a crash and go see some school buses at your local school transportation garage.

Fatal School Bus vs. Dump Truck in New Jersey – Read more HERE

11-13-12 Raeford, NC. No Injuries. 4 kids on board. Remember stabilization for first due companies. Photo by Frankie Mcintyre.

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11-15-12. Gladewater, TX. An ice cream truck rear-ended the bus. Reports state that the driver of the truck needed to be extricated. A 6 y/o on the bus was uninjured.

11-15-12 Bel Air, Maryland – Minor Injuries

11-15-12 Staunton, VA – Minor Injuries – Rear End

FDT School Bus Extrication Page

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Posted by firstduetackle on November 16, 2012 • Filed under: All, EMS Topics, Fire Rescue Topics, Major Incidents, Mass Casualty Incident, News, School Bus Extrication • Tagged: FDT, paul hasenmeier, school bus crashes, school bus extrication, www.firstduetackle.com

School Bus Roof Lift

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When you see this post’s title you may wonder, when would I need to do that. The scenario is a rare one, however, what if a school bus crash causes significant crumpling of the roof effectively trapping the driver and students that are towards the front of the bus. Here’s an option for school bus roof removal involving a coordinated effort with firefighters and a heavy wrecker.

Involving heavy wreckers at our extrication scenes involves prior training for the coordination to work best in addition to calling for them early when an incident may benefit from the extra lifting capabilities.

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Posted by firstduetackle on June 19, 2012 • Filed under: All, Firefighter Training, Rescue, Rescues, School Bus Extrication, Training, Vehicle Rescue • Tagged: FDT, first due tackle, paul hasenmeier, school bus extrication, school bus roof removal

School Bus Extrication at the NYSAFC Conference

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Next weekend at the New York State Association of Fire Chiefs conference I will be presenting a school bus extrication class. Check out the links on the School Bus Extrication page to review before the presentation or to gain more knowledge if you can’t attend. Hope to see you there as we will be talking techniques and challenges with a few case studies thrown into the mix.

Until then we are going to work on filling more coolers.

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Posted by firstduetackle on June 9, 2012 • Filed under: All, Rescue, School Bus Extrication, Training, Vehicle Rescue • Tagged: FDT, first due tackle, New York State Association of Fire Chiefs, paul hasenmeier, Rescue, school bus extrication

School Bus Roll-Over in Virginia

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Is your department prepared for the challenges you may face if a school bus loaded with children is involved in a crash. This past Wednesday a school bus rolled over in Virginia. It is fortunate that reports are stating all injuries are considered minor. The picture to the left is from a training scenario a few years back.

What do unstrained passengers go through when a school bus rolls? Check out the video below for an example. The video is from a camera mounted on the front bulkhead that are common on many buses these days. (more…)

Posted by firstduetackle on May 25, 2012 • Filed under: All, Firefighter Training, Major Incidents, Mass Casualty Incident, Rescue, School Bus Extrication • Tagged: FDT, first due tackle, Ironfiremen.com, MCI, paul hasenmeier, school bus extrication, Willie Wines

School Bus Extrication Training Today and at FDIC 2012

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Another great day of cutting up school buses at the Northern Ohio Fools Heavy Rescue 101. Below are a few pictures, but more importantly we learned a few tricks for extricating a victim that is pinned between the roof and the top of a seat-back in a roll-over with significant intrusion. I’ll be adding a few things to the presentation for FDIC. Hope to see you in Indy – April 19, 2012 @ 3:30 – 5:30 pm in Room 123-124. (more…)

Posted by firstduetackle on April 14, 2012 • Filed under: All, School Bus Extrication, Vehicle Rescue

How School Buses Are Made

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The video below shows parts of Blue Bird Corporations manufacturing process. It will help you get an idea of where the strongest parts of the bus are located. Of course different manufacturers have varying methods.

It is important to know the construction of school buses, so we can attack them in the weakest areas first. Ultimately they are built like tanks to protect the passengers, which places the challenge on us as firefighters to gain access quickly and extricate rapidly.

Up coming school bus extrication classes:

April 14, 2012 – Northern Ohio Fools Heavy Rescue 101

April 19, 2012 – FDIC – 1530-1715 hours, Room 123-124

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Posted by firstduetackle on April 2, 2012 • Filed under: All, School Bus Extrication, Vehicle Rescue • Tagged: Extrication, heavy rescue, paul hasenmeier, Rescue, school bus extrication

FDIC 2012 – School Bus Extrication

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Here’s an video introduction to my FDIC school bus extrication class. Hope to see you in Indy!

April 19, 2012 / 3:30 PM – 5:15 PM / Room 123-124

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Music from – The Who: Greatest Hits (Magic Bus)

Posted by firstduetackle on March 14, 2012 • Filed under: All, School Bus Extrication, Vehicle Rescue • Tagged: paul hasenmeier, school bus extrication

FDIC 2012 – School Bus Extrication

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Below is the description for my classroom presentation at FDIC 2012, April 19, 2012 (1530-1715 hours). Check out the rest of the program options here.

School Bus Extrication

Imagine arriving on scene to find an overturned school bus with students trapped, injured, and screaming for help. Whether you are in an ambulance or a fire engine, your first priorities will be numerous–initiating the incident command system, determining hazards and the number of patients, triaging, entrapments, and dealing with walking wounded scattered around the scene. This class covers basic to advanced extrication techniques that include window, door, sidewall, roof, and floor breaches; stabilization; and underrides, rollover pinning, driver entrapment, and roof intrusion causing entrapment.

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Posted by firstduetackle on December 21, 2011 • Filed under: All, Firefighter Training, School Bus Extrication, Vehicle Rescue • Tagged: Extrication, FDIC, first due tackle, heavy rescue, paul hasenmeier, Rescue, roll-over pinning rescue, school bus extrication

Heavy Vehicle Lifting Plans – A, B,C…

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What’s your plan for a collision pinning a victim between the hood of a car and the rear-end of a heavy vehicle? Is this an unlikely scenario? Whether you are in a small town or big city, commercial vehicles are stopping and going through your jurisdiction daily. See my previous post on cribbing for heavy vehicles to get an idea of the weights.

It is imperative for us to have options to mitigate this type of incident and be flexible enough to recognize when another option is necessary. The equipment on our rigs and mutual aid rigs is certainly going to be plan A and probably B. How much cribbing do you carry, how many airbags, what are their lift capacities, what about stabilization struts? Beyond that, outside help may be necessary. (more…)

Posted by firstduetackle on December 17, 2011 • Filed under: All, Company Drills, Firefighter Training, School Bus Extrication, Vehicle Rescue • Tagged: paul hasenmeier, school bus extrication

Tuscarawas County (OH) School Bus Extrication

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Great day of school bus extrication training in Tuscarawas County. We definitely landed on a school bus graveyard today. Check out the pictures below and on Facebook. Thanks to all that attended and instructors: Jason Deptula, Jamie Starcher, and JD Vasbinder.

Four stations of work: roll-over pinning, roof and floor breaching, sidewall breaching and seat removal, and dash-rolling / rear entrance breaching.

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Posted by firstduetackle on November 12, 2011 • Filed under: All, School Bus Extrication, Vehicle Rescue

School Bus Seat Bases

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You may be familiar with tubular posts forming the legs of school bus seats. Whether your cutting with hydraulics or a reciprocating saw realize what’s on some of the new buses.

Posted by firstduetackle on July 17, 2011 • Filed under: All, School Bus Extrication, Vehicle Rescue

Heavy Lifting with the High-Lift Jack

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Heavy lifting takes tools, training, and critical thinking. For this training tip, we are going to look at the basic mechanical high-lift jack. Pretend for a few minutes that all of your pneumatic, hydraulic, and electric tools are broke. I’m not saying go back to the Stone Age all the time, but some basic tools and skills may help you significantly when confronted with a challenging pin job.

High-lift jacks can be used for lifting, winching, and clamping in a variety of scenarios. These jacks depending on the manufacturer have lifting capacities of around 4,000 pounds. A common length for our purposes is the 48” jack. (more…)

Posted by firstduetackle on May 26, 2011 • Filed under: All, Firefighter Training, School Bus Extrication, Vehicle Rescue • Tagged: Extrication, heavy lifting, high-lift jack, school bus extrication

School Bus Under-Ride and the Yellow Jacket Split

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Guess what? Some firefighters and myself got our hands on another school bus for heavy rescue training in Norwalk, Ohio sponsored by the Northern Ohio Fools on a rainy April Saturday. Of course, we spent some time covering the basics of school bus extrication with the newbies of this heavy rescue environment. Then I had a few new ideas and challenges that proved to be worthwhile endeavor. This article is going to focus on two topics of advanced school bus extrication; first, the school bus under-ride and second, a procedure I termed the yellow jacket split.

SCHOOL BUS UNDER-RIDE

Here’s your scenario: report of a car that rear-ended a stopped school bus at a high speed.

Upon arrival you set-up a roadway block and luckily find an empty school bus. The driver evacuated the bus and is uninjured; she reports no students were on the bus. As you perform a 360 walk-around of the scene, you find a passenger car that is smashed into an under-ride position, which has slightly lifted the rear tires of the school bus off the ground. There are two screaming and entrapped victims in the front seats of the passenger car. No fuels are leaking from either vehicle and no power lines are down. Learning point: Contact a heavy wrecker early. If you train with them regularly they can help with stabilization and heavy lifting if needed. (more…)

Posted by firstduetackle on April 22, 2011 • Filed under: All, School Bus Extrication, Vehicle Rescue • Tagged: paul hasenmeier, school bus extricaiton

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Northern Ohio Fools Heavy Rescue 101

BGSU State Fire School Heavy Rescue

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Santa Rescue Guide

Fatal School Bus vs. Dump Truck in New Jersey – Read more HERE

More on the Gladewater bus crash HERE.

11-15-12 Bel Air, Maryland – Minor Injuries

11-15-12 Staunton, VA – Minor Injuries – Rear End

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