Tag Archives: vehicle extrication

Everyone doesn't have to load down their turnout gear with tools for vehicle extrication. These simple wraps/bucket can be deployed by the officer or designated member of the crew at working extrications.

Cincinnati Rescue 9 Lt. Grant Light has the mic last month in the Heavy Rescue class at BGSU State Fire School.

I dropped in on Station 16 in Columbus this afternoon. Below are some pictures of Rescue 16. It is the busiest or one of the busiest rescues in the country, year in - year out.

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.

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.

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.

We started setting up for the HOT extrication class and it was raining. We finished the classes Friday evening and it was still raining.

Here are some pictures Grant Light shared of the last day of a recent extrication tech class in Cincinnati. Somehow a school bus rolled onto four cars with dummies trapped in them all. Well done training testing the techniques the students learned.

The scenario went bad when the truck slid down the hill and pinned a guy between the tractor and the truck. The victim's leg was impaled with one of the truck's tow hooks.

Some pictures of high-lift jacks and sleeves at work in a charter bus roll-over scenario. Links to previous posts as well. Lot's of fast and safe options for lifting and moving.