Tag Archives: technical rescue

Grant Light and the crew on Rescue 9 in Cincinnati was at it again. They built a roller prop that entraps a hand.

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.

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.

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.

I'm sure this isn't a new method, but was the first time I saw it. The brothers in the class from the Parma (OH) Fire Department showed us an easy way to remove them.

A cement mixer punched through a parking deck. The Toms River TRT responded to shore the deck prior to a crane lifting the mixer out.

Setting up your trench equipment in a maintenance pit can be a good review or introduction for some. Couple pics here.

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.

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.

Confined space training at the Milton (Ontario) FD using a culvert pipe and ladder gin.