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. …
Is Re-Programming Our Thoughts on Extrication Necessary?
Increasingly over the past few years, I have had some interesting discussions on various vehicle rescue topics which have centered on why we do what we do. By this I …
What Would You Do?
Ian Dunbar, Holmatro’s rescue consultant, recently wrote a FaceBook post that highlighted another incident where an un-involved vehicle fell prey to rescuer’s tools in an effort to properly manage a victim from …
What is the best term to use?
OK, here’s a $64,000.00 question for all the rescue folks out there – and it doesn’t matter what type of rescue (vehicle, rope, c-space, etc.)… What should be considered the …
IIHS Crash Tests – Small Overlap Crashes
For the past few months, I have been following the developments and results related to small overlap crash testing. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) began testing the small …