Tag Archives: Firefighter Training

Here's a quick one on the importance of preplanning and getting out in your district. First, VCSing stands for Various Courses and Speeds. It might not be the politically correct definition, but if you don't get out in your district more often than not you will miss what's going on.

Check these pictures out of a extrication training on rope. Push your training to prepare for the unusual, but just as importantly, to strengthen your critical thinking.

What's your plan for getting to a victim on the top of a car in flood waters? Swift water operations?

Some torch operations on rope from the Cincinnati Heavy Rescue 9 crew.

We did some training with the pickets on our rig the other day. Picket systems used for anchors are limited by the soil type you are dealing with.

A couple pictures of Portland's rescue tiller.

I share these pictures to show some of the mounting options available, and to suggest looking at many rigs when organizing your new rig. Plan them out so they work for your department's operations.

It's a elevator rescue in a blind shaft with heavy rigging (griphoist), metal cutting on rope (plasma cutter and saw), and a pick-off.

For those that have a grip hoist you know the box it comes in is very tight. We had a new box made to prevent the jack-in-the-box effect. The box can easily be used to move other equipment as well.

Sometimes we get caught up in all the fancy and extensive tools on our rigs. This is a reminder that we can do great work with simple tools.