When Age is NOT a Beautiful Thing – Lifting Bag Failure
On most rescue trucks, the lifting airbag is the strongest tool in terms of lifting capacity. It is also probably one of the least-thought about and misunderstood tools available to…
Extrication… Is It All About Speed?
I got a chance to have a phone conversation with a fellow rescue instructor and he was telling me about a vehicle rescue class that he took as a student. …
ICS, Training, and Situational Awareness for Technical Rescue Incidents
Recently, NIOSH issued the summary of their investigation into the line-of-duty death of a volunteer firefighter that occurred during a technical rescue on February 1, 2014. The death occurred when the…