Posts Categorized: Motivation
More Jack Team Work On A Roll-Over Pinning
What are your options when faced with a vehicle roll-over pinning? What comes to mind first? Airbags, hydraulic tools, wreckers, jacks, lifting struts, pry bars, wedges?
For this scenario you have a single victim pinned under an overturned vehicle. What is the safest and fastest option to free the victim? For the remainder of the discussion we are going to show the use of a jack. In the picture to the left and video to follow you will see the First Responder Jack in use, another common option is the farm-jack. Add other options in the comments below.
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Medical Oxygen Tank Over Pressurization On Wheels
You get a call for a truck with a high-pitch sound coming from it. On arrival the truck is a Class B straight truck with hazardous materials placards easily identifiable on your approach.
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Virginia tanker overturns leaving firefighter with life-threatening injuries.
Rig was responding to a call early Sunday morning.
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First Responder Jack – Review
We have recently had the opportunity to review the First Responder Jack. Although we have more to do, a bunch of techniques with this jack have been completed. This tool is firefighter-designed and has up to a 46oo lb. of lifting and winching options.
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Car/Semi Under-Ride With Fire – Company Drill
The intensity of the scene rises as the video progresses until the extrication of the patient. Check out the video below and tabletop some questions below with your crew.
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First Due Tackle Goes Live
It is with great excitement that we can announce the launch of this new Fire&EMS blog network site. Much of the information on this site has been transferred in from my old blog including the posts contributed by others.
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Perfect Alignment
Deep down inside, we might say to ourselves, "That could never happen here." Or we feel it coming up and we suppress it, because we know, if we were ever to actually verbalize that, it WOULD happen.
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Madison County, MS rig destroyed in roll over crash.
Firefighters suffer only minor injuries.
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Happy St. Patricks Day
I hope everyone is getting to enjoy the holiday. Unfortunately for me I'm at work again tonight. I work for a correctional facility as a "Medic", so tonight is sure to be interesting to say the least. I've been fairly fortunate in the past in having St. …
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Individual Responsibility of an Officer
Fire officers have a wide variety of responsibilities. They range from in house duties to on scence duties. Everything from making sure that the reports get completed, to crew training and cleaning to making sure that a crew stretches the appropriate att…
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SC fire truck stolen by naked man, pedestrian killed and others injured.
Man was violent during arrest and treatment by EMS.
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A Few Busy Weeks
The last few weeks have been busy. Vehicle accidents, one with hazmat involved, lots of EMS calls, working both jobs in addition to duty, and doing training classes. Training is an aspect of the fire service that I'm beginning to really get into. I've co…
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Parked fire engine rolls out of station and hits pole. Lots of questions in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
The fire chief says the parking brake was on.
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Cheadle UK firefighter fired for lying about accident. Policy was not followed for backing up vehicle.
Driver retired before hearing.
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Fatal crash between fire engine & three other vehicles
Woman had to be cut from wreckage.
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What’s an emergency?
I know that my 7.5 years pales in comparison to many of those that are on the Job currently, but I feel like I have seen my share of "emergencies" in this time. What constitutes an emergency though?
Merriam-Webster defines an emergency as "an unforese…
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Daily Equipment Checks
The importance equipment checks is stressed to every new firefighter from the day they join/start the academy. Officers and instructors stress that the new firefighter know their PPE, and the equipment on the rig; and know that it works. In order to know…
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Seattle record snowstorm: Cars & fire trucks sliding on hill in front of the quarters of Engine 10 & Ladder 1.
Snow followed by ice make slow going and lots of sliding.
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Family sues FDNY fire truck driver involved in March 2011 crash
Albert DeFilippo was seriously injured in March 2011 when the Lifestyles for the Disabled van he was riding in was struck by FDNY Ladder 81 in Staten Island. DeFilippo died from his injuries in August.
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Nebraska fire truck ends police chase when it collides with car
The rig was part of the emergency responsed headed to a shooting scene.
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Experience based training
The best training come from experience. Experiences in the fire service need to be shared from one fireman to another. The only thing better than receiving this shared knowledge is to experience the basis for it first hand. As my department's current t…
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Out of Air Emergency (Last Chance Rescue Filter)
Out of Air Emergency The Last Chance Rescue Filter
You are in a dark, heat, smoke filled room, and you are taking your last breath. You think to yourself “now what?”. Your mind quickly goes to a check list of things to do. During this check li…
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Channelview, Texas fire engine & pick-up truck collide. Three civilians hurt.
Firefighters escaped injury in t-bone collision.
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Pennsylvania State Police say driver of fire truck at fault in fatal wreck. Mount Holly’s Citizens Fire Company rig hit SUV in South Middleton Township on way to vehicle fire.
No charges filed yet.
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A Convergence of Technology for Firefighter Training
Most online training deals with reading text and posting to discussion boards. However, on December 6th, 2011, that is about to change. The Open Fire Academy, International and Firefighter Radio are offering the first class that is both synch…
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