Firehouse Rescue eNL - Feb 9th, 2024
 
 
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February 9, 2024
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Robert Policht tells why preparation and size-up are just as important to free a person's hand, foot or worse from machinery as is the operation itself.
A rescuer only should go to a victim when it’s determined that the victim can’t self-rescue/requires assistance.
Bo Tibbetts tells technical rescue experts within fire departments to be conscious of the difference between static ice and moving ice.
Working with manufacturers to specify what your department requires leads to the development of a better vehicle.
Andrew McIntyre and Joe Gribbins dive into the questions that swirl about specifying special trucks for use to rescue victims during flooding and the training that should be mandated.
Target hazard areas for trench collapse include construction sites and utility work near roadways. There are plenty of significant issues here: lack of shoring, personnel in the unshored trench, overhead loads being lowered with personnel in the trench and an open roadway that’s a short distance away from the trench.
Michael Daley provides the definitive explanation for the work that's required of rescuers at the site of a trench collapse before they enter the trench.
TECH-RESCUE NEWS
10 People and 18 Dogs Rescued In Large Scale Swift Water Rescue
The operation to rescue the victims stranded in the Santa Ana River bottom lasted nearly five hours,
Firefighter recounts dramatic rescue of man stranded in vehicle for nearly a week
Firefighter Jordan Bucy was one of the first Portage rescuers to arrive and help free a man trapped for six days in his vehicle.
Moment Michigan man's dog helps rescue him from icy lake
The trooper attached a rescue disc to Ruby's collar and she took it onto the ice to her owner.
Surveillance video shows plane crash in Londonderry, NH
Londonderry firefighters had to extricate the pilot after he called 9-1-1 to say his plane crashed in a community.
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