Here's another example how often a vehicle into a structure will require shoring.
Often many extrication instructors setup some outside of the normal training scenarios where the students usually comment “that would never happen”. One of those happened in...
Social Media is a great method to show the public we serve the diverse nature of the skills today's firefighter have. Take a look at the...
Often on side resting vehicles, once a strut is placed the fixed end of the ratchet strap is too long to tighten the strut.
First Due Apparatus Solutions posted well over a hundred pictures of the new Hollywood VFD Squad 7 Walk Thru Rescue. We grabbed a a few and...
Normally, we would post a gallery of the compartment layout with all the equipment on our site. However, the Solomons Volunteer Rescue and Fire website has...
Vehicle into a building is an accident that can happen in any city or town. The Ohio Region 2 USAR posted the information below and allowed...
Toranze Lee from Beaver Lane Volunteer Rescue and Fire Department in South Carolina posted the pictures below from a training with Paratech Struts.
One of the fastest method to stabilize a side resting vehicle is using struts. Use struts to create a tension buttress stabilization. Just like cribbing placement,...
The Rockville Volunteer Fire Department posted pictures on their Facebook page about an extrication training scenario that is truly outside of the box.
Follow these procedures for primary and secondary stabilization to properly secure a vehicle on its side with in your first five minutes on scene.
Struts can take up a large amount of compartment space on a truck. For that reason, some struts are stored in trucks not assembled and unready...
