Firehouse Rescue eNL - Sep 15th, 2023
 
 
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September 15, 2023

Firehouse Expo 2023's Hands-On Training classes feature several rescue-based classes, including Mike Daley's "Modern Solutions to Problematic Extrications." This program will utilize both demonstration and hands-on skills stations to demonstrate and perform techniques and skills for successful scene mitigation. Topics covered include vehicle stabilization, patient care, patient accessibility and disentanglement. Register now!

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FEATURES
From the keys to conducting a lift with multiple air lifting bags, to making weight determinations, to everything in between, Jake Hoffman provides the information about using these devices that many members lack.
Ron Moore provides specifics for rescuers who encounter minivans that have collision-damaged side sliding doors.
Jake Hoffman tells of the tasks that first-due responders to a confined-space incident should tackle in advance of the arrival of the technical rescue team.
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.
TECH-RESCUE NEWS
Providence firefighters said the water was more than four feet deep after the heavy rainfall.
Pittsburgh crews said the victim was heavily pinned inside an excavator covered with debris.
Portland firefighters, who said he had been trapped in six inches of mud for about 12 hours, didn't know who the man was.