Lifting and Capturing the Suspension
Checkout the photos that Heavy Rescue Germany posted from the Rescue Challenge 2015 held in Günding (Dachau / Munich). Heavy Rescue Germany is one of the best Heavy Rescue sites around. It is in German, but a simple Google translate will change it into any language you want.
Under-rides happen more often than you think. When was the last time you trained on a vehicle that was pinned under a trailer with an occupant trapped?
Extrications that involve passenger vehicles and heavy trucks requires more situational awareness. First off, the scene size up must include the trailer and the load. Is the load still stable in the trailer?
Once the trailer is stabilized than the set up for the lift can begin.
Capture the suspension of the vehicle pinned under the trailer.
Lift the trailer.
Pull the vehicle out from under the trailer.
Once the vehicle is clear of the trailer, extricate the patient.
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Houston Fire Department’s Trailer 11
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Houston Fire Department’s Trailer 11
Check out Houston Fire Department’s new Trailer 11 purchased from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Inc. Check out the pictures below and make sure you follow the social media pages from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists.
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Heavy Rescue
Overturned Tractor-Trailer Extrication

Overturned Tractor-Trailer Extrication
Check out the overturned Tractor-Trailer, confirmed entrapment, and power pole down that Elizabethtown Fire Dept Station 74 had earlier today.

Large Vehicle with Heavy Entrapment
The Washtenaw County Technical Rescue Team recently assisted Milan Area Firefighters with this complex extrication. Team members assisted Milan Firefighters and utilized HURST Jaws of Life and Paratech to extricate the heavily entrapped driver quickly.