Posts Categorized: Fire Rescue Topics/special Operations
National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium Training App
The National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium’s First Responder Safety Training features a suite of modern technology products and training for electric drive vehicles. Participants learn important information needed to safely respond to accidents involving these vehicles.
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January 17th, 1908 – Scranton PA Fatal Knitting Mill Fire
SCRANTON FACTORY FILLED WITH GIRLS A PREY TO FLAMES
FOUR KILLED AND MANY MEET SERIOUS HURTS
Several Of The Victims Leaped From The Windows.
FEARFUL JAM ON A FIRE ESCAPE.
The Flames Gutted the Interior of the Knitting Mill in Which the Girls Were …
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Mother and two children crushed inside their car teeter on edge of 100ft-high bridge after crash
A mother and her two daughters have been rescued from their BMW, which was teetering perilously on a California freeway bridge after a gravel truck rear-ended their car and plunged into a creek.
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30-years-ago today, twin disasters in DC. Air Florida Flight 90 crashes into the Potomac River followed by the first fatal Metro train accident. DCFD radio traffic, lessons learned & more.
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DCFD radio traffic from Air Florida Flight 90 and Metrorail crashes- Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
Cockpit voice recorder audio from Air Florida Flight 90
Seconds From Disa…
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Video: Bionic Firefighting Headmounted Display is Being Developed by Tanagram
Check out this video about a brand new technology being developed by Tanagram Inc. They are developing Headmounted display (HMD) Augmented Reality (AR) technology. Yeah, I know...what the hell does that mean? Watch the video!
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2013 Dodge Dart Body Structure
Well, it's 2012 and let's start looking at the 2013 models!
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2012 Dodge Grand Caravan Body Structure
The 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan Body Structure is a strong, lightweight Unibody is formed by welding high-strength steel sheet metal stampings to form a single structure. But the big story of this vehicle is the side airbag.
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The Posts Have Hazards
RescueTech.com posted on Facebook a link from the National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System that is from an extrication run. Give the report a read and remember always pull the trim before you cut a post!
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2008 DTS Cadillac Battery Location
A quick pre-holiday question. Do you know where the battery is on a 2006-2008 Cadillac DTS?
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Directing Traffic on a MVA Scene!
Here is a little animated story from the Freeway Patrol, Episode 6, The One with the Purple Unicorn. We all have had a "Dr Grandal" on a MVA scene! A driver who thinks they should be allowed to go whatever direction they want!
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2012 Class and Event Planning In Progress
Make training, professionalism and pride part of your New Year's resolution! We're in the process of building our 2012 calendar with intense, realistic hands-on training, interactive classroom events and good old-fashioned brotherhood.
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Multi-Vehicle Extrication MVA, Is your department ready for this call?
I wish I could say I found this very well photographed extrication scene, but FireGeezer here at FireEMSBlogs.com broke the story last night! How would you handle this scene? By all accounts, the Glenview Fire Department did a great job getting the occupants out!
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This Day in LODD, Structure Fire History
Disorientation, Radio Problems and RITs Driven Out, Missouri 1999
En route to the scene, the victim had advised the IC that they might have radio problems, due to past experiences with their radios in this type of structure.
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2012 Holden Commodore Body Structure (Au)
Here is a quick post for our readers from Australia, The Holden Commodore body structure. The B-pillar (yellow) is Ultra High Strength Steel for cab protection in side impacts.
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2012 Mercedes-Benz M-class Body Structure
The 2012 Mercedes-Benz M-Class is a rigid uni-body structure that encircles the passenger cabin in a highly protective network of ultra-high and high-strength steel, magnesium reinforcements and triple-layer construction of all eight roof pillars. Advanced crumple zones and subframe-mounting of the axles help to divert impact forces away from the passenger compartment.
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Where’s the Boron in a Volvo C70?
The second question is why should you know?
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First Due Friday: “Big Box” Search
Share your strategies, tactics and experience! Every Friday we'll post a picture or video and want to get your take on the situation.
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Newest USAR member
Harvard developing soft multigait soft robot
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The List of Extrication Apps
Is there is an app for that? If you are looking for an extrication app the answer is yes! Check the extrication app post!
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So the Chief asks, Can Your Extrication Tools Cut It?
Do you know if your extrication tools can cut it? If your tool doesn't, do you have a Plan B?
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Unique Tunnel Rescue Vehicle
The tunnel is covered with 83 CCTV cameras, 538 fire detectors, 39 fire hydrants, 38 SOS stations.
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Moditech has done it again! Free Extrication App! Well kind of Free! But not really Free!
Moditech the people behind the Crash Recovery System have stepped up to the plate and hit a homerun by offering a version of CRS on the iPad. The app named iCRS Standard USA was released on the iTunes app store on November 18, 2011 for low price of FREE! Yes free! If you have an iPad this is a must have app! Download and use it to test the extrication knowledge of your crew.
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Occupy K Street
Not a large Occupy crowd in Washington DC today.
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Chevy Volt Battery Fire, Still in the news!
Ok so if the battery is leaking it could catch on fire. Got it! Please tell me that it doesn’t take a masters in engineering to figure out a HV battery leaking coolant (or anything for that matter) is not good. Should it really be a surprise that after three weeks of coolant leaking out of a “charged” battery caught fire?
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RIC Refresher Breakdown
Saws, irons, ladders and rescues were the flavor of week for our brothers in Bluffton, SC. Safe Firefighter, LLC just wrapped up a RIC Refresher for the Bluffton Township Fire District. Training included calling the Mayday, self-rescue, rapid intervention crew assignments and operations and performing proactive RIC tasks.
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