Crews from Citizens Hose Co and Independent Hose Co began the time consuming task of cutting open the top of the outer pipe with reciprocating saws.

Instead of a ball they used an egg. This drill is all about knowing your airbags, cribbing, wedges, and being able to control the airbags.

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.

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.