November 2015, in Charlottesville, Virginia a Semi overturned on passenger car on I-64. Here’s one thing I like when a department puts together an after-action report and then makes it available to the public.

Here’s the quick summary of the resources:

Extrication completed in just under 1 hour
40 Personnel
4 Engine Companies
3 Heavy Rescue Squads
4 Medic Units
5 Command Vehicles
2 Wreckers

Here’s the PowerPoint of the whole call from start to finish. Download it, review it, talk about it, and most important…. learn from it.

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