Sooner or later the weather will warm and we will be faced with the potential for risk-takers or avid outdoorsmen being stranded on ice flows and falling into the water as ice thins.
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Man-In-Machinery Rescue / Amputation / Scenarios
Below is a video recap of a field amputation of a workers arm followed by a few entrapment hazards we found at a local industrial facility. Sit down with your crew and discus the scenarios.
Read More »11 Vehicle Pile Up On The Ohio Turnpike
The Milan Township Fire Department responded to an 11 vehicle pile-up on the Ohio Turnpike (westbound around the 116 mile marker, near the Sandusky/Norwarlk exit).
Read More »Pickup Truck Floor Pan Pinning
Pretty good interview with a Fire Chief after the extrication of two occupants in a pickup. The truck hit a tree and had heavy frontal damage and pinned one of the passengers when the floor pan rolled up.
Read More »Cold School Bus Garage Fire
Fire broke out in the Eastwood (OH) Schools bus garage around 0730 this morning. It's a cold, windy, and snowy morning in northern Ohio. More on this to come.
Read More »Multi-Vehicle / Fatality Crash On I-94
Pileup on I-94 in Indiana: 3 Dead, 20 Injured
Read More »Standpipe Picture Table-Top
Sit this pic on the kitchen table and talk about how the smaller line coming into our standpipe connection may affect pressure and volume. Then get out and look at a few of your systems. “LIKE” FIRST DUE TACKLE ON FACEBOOK Pass it on!
Read More »Lift, But Don’t Drop The Ball
Lt. Bronner from the Perkins Township Fire Department did a quick airbag drill the other day. I've seen this drill somewhere before. The objective: lift, crib, and don't drop the ball.
Read More »Below 100 – We Can Do Better
Can you recall all 16 Life Safety Initiatives, without looking? Well, can you? I couldn't.
Read More »High-Line In The Apparatus Bay
We did a little high-line set-up training in the apparatus bay yesterday. It ended up being a pretty low-line, but it worked to practice the set-up.
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