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  • Extrication Basics: Vehicle Stabilization
    Extrication Basics: Vehicle Stabilization

    Many of the nation’s fire departments and rescue squads provide technical rescue services to their respective communities. One arena that is very common to many organizations is motor vehicle extrication. While newspapers and other media are...

    Article • August 30th, 2012

  • Crane Flips Over & Pins Operator Under Crushed Cab
    Crane Flips Over & Pins Operator Under Crushed Cab

    A report of an overturned crane brought multiple agencies and resources together. The challenges consisted of: accessibility, the instability of the crane, and entrapment. Read how the incident was mitigated.

    Article • June 12th, 2012

  • Tactics for Commercial Vehicle Extrication – Part 1
    Tactics for Commercial Vehicle Extrication – Part 1

    Mike Daley talks about the many challenges a responder faces at incidents involving large vehicles. He also identifies some of the specialized equipment used at these events.

    Article • June 12th, 2012

  • The USAR Incident Support Team
    The USAR Incident Support Team

    There is a common belief that the decisions made within the first five minutes will dictate how the next 24 hours will go at the scene of any emergency. Some emergencies can be considerably overwhelming to first responders, and quickly overcome the...

    Article • June 1st, 2012

  • Patient Packing for Rescue Incidents
    Patient Packing for Rescue Incidents

    In every technical rescue class I teach, I pose the same question to the class…Outside of actually getting to the call, what is the single most important operation you're going to perform? Generally it gets pretty quiet in the classroom while...

    Article • March 13th, 2012

  • USAR Task Force Trains in Canine-Lift Techniques
    USAR Task Force Trains in Canine-Lift Techniques

    Our rescue and search personnel got a good rope rescue refresher, and our canine folks got to work with a brand new technique.

    Article • March 13th, 2012

  • TECHNICAL RESCUE: The
    TECHNICAL RESCUE: The "MUSCLE" Of Urban Search and Rescue

    "Rescue.” The word is one of the most widely used in the emergency services, as it has a broad variety of applications. The term refers to a response by emergency personnel to an ever-changing dynamic event that involves saving a life during an...

    Article • March 1st, 2012

  • Training the Technical Rescuer
    Training the Technical Rescuer

    While we generally cover skills in this section, it has come to my attention that a lot of instructors visit venues like Firehouse.com to pick up different ideas, tips, tricks and maybe learn about a new topic they have in their crosshairs. So...

    Article • January 10th, 2012

  • From Vision to Reality - Part 3

    This is the final installment of a three-part series about the creation of a state-of-the-art technical rescue training center – the Monroe County, NY, Public Safety Training Facility (PSTF). Part one (June 2011) described how the Monroe County fire...

    Article • January 3rd, 2012

  • The “Search” in Urban Search and Rescue
    The “Search” in Urban Search and Rescue

    Lt. Michael Daley focuses on a USAR team's search specialist and how team canines and specialized tools are combined to complete their tasks.

    Article • November 3rd, 2011

  • Weekly Drill: No. 41 - Rescue Size-Up

    Readers will learn about the three critical factors that size-up must embrace when preparing for search and rescue operations.

    Article • October 23rd, 2011

  • Urban Search & Rescue: Behind the Headlines
    Urban Search & Rescue: Behind the Headlines

    We have all seen the images across the news: pictures of rescuers and support personnel carrying victims, both lifeless and animated, from the rubble piles of natural disasters, such as earthquakes and tornadoes, as well as acts of terrorism. This is...

    Article • September 13th, 2011

  • From Vision to Reality - Part 2
    From Vision to Reality - Part 2

     

    Article • September 13th, 2011

  • Commercial Vehicle Extrication Skills - Part 2
    Commercial Vehicle Extrication Skills - Part 2

    We continue our discussion in the area of heavy commercial vehicle extrications with a focus on decisions that need to be made on the emergency scene, and what type of resources will be needed to mitigate the incident. As we noted last time in our...

    Article • September 10th, 2011

  • From Vision to Reality

      This is the second installment of a series of articles about the creation of a state-of-the-art technical rescue training center – the Monroe County, NY, Public Safety Training Facility (PSTF) – and the events that helped make the vision a...

    Article • August 30th, 2011

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