Firehouse Rescue eNL - Jan 12th, 2024
 
 
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January 12, 2024
EDITOR'S NOTE

The nomination period for the 2023 Michael O. McNamee Award of Valor, Unit Citation Awards, and Thomas Carr Community Service Awards is now open. Nominations are for events or actions from 2023. Nominate an individual or unit here. The deadline is Feb. 9, 2024. This is the largest awards program of its kind in the fire service. Don't miss out!

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Bo Tibbetts tells technical rescue experts within fire departments to be conscious of the difference between static ice and moving ice.
Bob Atlas digs into the details of Contra Costa, CA, Fire Protection District's Technical Rescue Program's extrication of a man who was trapped in an 18-inch drainage pipe.
Doug Shell explains the circumstances in which a method that differs from the traditional approach to rescuing someone from a grain bin is best.
TECH-RESCUE NEWS
The Beaver County Search & Rescue crew set up a rope system to aid them in the rescue of a man from Mineral Mountains.
Seminole County Fire Department used ARPA funding to bolster their hurricane responses by replacing their 55-year-old flood-rescue trucks.
A Facebook post helps illustrate why firefighters still enter a structure believed to be vacant.