Bus Extrication One problem with heavy vehicle extrication is the height of the doors and windows. An example of this is the bus vs bridge in...
Below are two Rigging Wall Charts from Lifting Gear Hire. The first chart covers some basic Center or Gravity and Weight of Material. The second chart...
School bus extrication is different from vehicle extrication. Three unique differences are
Questions about heavy rescue that involves tractor trailers and other heavy vehicles? Download the Big Rig Rescue handout from Billy Leach's Firehouse Expo class below.
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Here is a quick look at a blacked out Heavy Rescue, Rescue 6 out of Garden City, New York.
The former captain of the Etowah County, Alabama Rescue Squad, has been charged with criminally negligent homicide in the death of fellow rescuer Vicky Ryan in...
With the 2016 Chevrolet Bolt General Motors created a simple 2 page Rescue Sheet to quickly explain how responders should handle the vehicle after a vehicle...
Tailored Blanks Automakers use advances in steel processing and manufacturing to continue lightweighting vehicle body structures. General Motors used hot-stamped variable thickness rolled blanks for the...
The City of Orange in California has a unique tiller in their fleet. It is a 2001 Seagrave that originally put into service as Squad 6...
Motor City Monday Extrication Tip; Side Curtain Airbags Ever wonder why you arrived on scene of a motor vehicle accident and the side windows are blocked...
Here are some pictures that Spartan Rescue shared on their Facebook page. It's a USAR spin their Ratmaze that we posted a couple months ago. The...
