Trench Rescue
Clydesdale Horse Rescue
Large Animal Rescue
San Jose Firefighters Rescue Injured Horse From Trailer Accident On Highway 85
Large animal rescues are another call that could happen almost anywhere. Large animals are transported on the highways and back roads increasing the chance that your department may respond to one. After Rescue Co. #1 (Lexington, KY) posted pictures of their tech rescue training of large animals, I did some searching around the old inter-web. First off, if you haven’t read the post on their Facebook page about their Large Animal Rescue training you can find it below:
Secondly, you should be following the Rescue Co. #1 page because they post a bunch of great content on training that can aid any department.
The Medicine Hat Firefighter, from Alberta, Canada posted about a unique large animal rescue than had. A horse in a trailer fell through the floor, with its rear legs becoming trapped between the pavement and the trailer.
Firefighters were called this morning to a Clydesdale horse that had fallen through the floor of it’s trailer while being transported. Firefighters used lifting bags, cribbing, and shoring equipment to lift and stabilize the trailer to allow the horse to stand up on its own, and give room for all four horses to exit the trailer.
For additional information, you can watch firefighters speak about horse rescue.
Trench Awareness
Switzerland Trench Rescue
Our friends from Heavy Rescue Germany are spending two days in Switzerland providing training to deal with civil engineering accidents.
Switzerland Trench Rescue
Our friends from Heavy Rescue Germany are spending two days in Switzerland providing training to deal with civil engineering accidents. The trench rescue classes are uses the tried and true Paratech struts along with “Classic” with wood including timber shores.
MUSAR has been providing technical rescue training since 1991. Their instructors come from the fire service and have real-life rescue experience. Based off many USAR folks that I talked to, Howell, Michigan is the place to go to stay on the leading edge with trench rescue. For the last several years a great friend from across the pond would travel to Michigan to take the latest trench rescue program from the Michigan Urban Search And Rescue Training Foundation. Irakli West from Heavy Rescue Germany is that friend.
Below are the photo summary of each day’s activities.
Trench Rescue Technician
Day 1
Day 2
MUSAR Trench Rescue Technician – Deep Trench 6m (90 Min), End wall raker
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Paratech Strut
Chief Buddy Martinette walks thru the basics of a Paratech Struts. For more information on the textbook in the video, checkout the third edition of Trench Rescue: Principles and Practice to NFPA 1006 and 1670.
