Trench Rescue

[bweidensaul]

I wanted to start this Thread because there are a bunch on Rope and there is more than rope in the Tech Rescue world... so anyone have any good excavation rescues lately???

[ADSNWFLD]

Recently I responded to two men in a trench, because of the width after the collapse we preformed much of the digging from inside a sewer pipe and used an air knife and the rescue Vac extensively. One survived and one passed on.
I really don't want to ramble because it wasn't my jurisdiction, I was part of a regional team that responded

http://www.undergroundfocusacademy.c...h%20rescue.pdf

The author is the authority on soil reduction and removal, these are the tools that were utilized on the rescue and recovery