Posts Categorized: Seatbelts
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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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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Sound of Clanking Dawgs – Leadership Principles in Action
Recently recieved an email from a former member, "Cap, miss hangin' out with you, these guys don't seem to have any drive to train or get better at the job!"...Not the first time I've gotten a note like that. I responded with encouragement and the beli…
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Beyond the Academy Video Training Series – Engine Operations: Hydraulic Ventilation
Check out the newest Beyond the Academy Video Training Series. This one is entitled "Engine Company Operations: Hydraulic Ventilation with a Smooth-bore/Solid Stream Nozzle.
Many fire service members believe that a fog nozzle is the only nozzle tha…
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Tool Modifications 2.0 – The 8 Pound Force Axe – By: Shane Klug
February 2011, I transferred to a ladder company, my first time being assigned to a truck. Detroit ladder trucks typically have 6-pound pick head axes and 8-pound sledge hammers on them. I tried both of them on the roof, and my tool of choice…
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Up On the Roof!
A few tours back, the kid and I were on top of a wood frame, two-story residential. Metal roof. Taken there by the City's platform...
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Coordinated Ventilation – Part II by Nate DeMarse
I stumbled upon a couple videos that drive home points made in the earlier Coordinated Ventilation post. These videos clearly show answers to previously asked questions, and bring up some new discussion tips as well. This is precisely how we should …
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Coordinated Ventilation
Take a look at these two videos for a great example of coordinated ventilation. The outside vent (OV) firefighter on the fire escape waits until the line is putting water on the fire to take the windows. Doing so helps the engine make the adv…
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More About Nozzles – By: Mike Kirby
This is a debate that plagues the fire service. Most of the personal "experience" or "knowledge" from this debate stems from lack of knowledge or understanding of the simple principle that GPM (properly applied) puts out fires. Some b…
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Changing Saw Blades – Diamonds are a Firemen’s best friend too – By Grant Light
Over the past few years there have been some big changes in the type of circular saw blades used by fire departments across the country. In the past almost all of the metal and concrete cutting was accomplished with fiber wheels made of a…
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Hit, Hit, Hit Part 2 – By: Andrew Brassard
In the last article we talked about ensuring that the striking firefighter has their top hand at least 6" down from the head of the axe. This is to ensure that any missed strikes don't crush the striking firefighters fingers.
Now we are g…
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Cutting the Locks
Brotherhood Instructors believes in having multiple plans in mind for any forcible entry situation. A back-up plan for forcing an outward opening door can be cutting the locks. We prefer to gap the door away from the frame and cut the throw o…
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Brotherhood Instructors class in Wildwood NJ
Brotherhood Instructors, LLC. will be presenting our 8-hour hands-on "Beyond the Academy: Engine & Ladder Company Operations" class on Thursday September 15, 2011. This course is hosted by the Cape May County Fire Chiefs Assn. - Click…
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Checking for Extension
Firefighters assigned to the roof play a critical role in numerous fire ground tasks. Vertical ventilation, building information, and checking for fire extension to the cockloft or attic space are just a few of these tasks. Vertical ventilati…
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Video – The Quick Louver – By: Jamie Morelock
Check out the latest addition to the Brotherhood Instructors, LLC. Video Training Series. Instructor Jamie Morelock reviews the vertical ventilation tactic known as the louver cut.
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Why Search That Building – By: Scott Brown
We respond to building fires daily in the fire service and the assignment of primary search has taken a back seat. Primary search is a critical benchmark and essential task to be completed. This task should be simultaneously completed with li…
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Bevel to the… door? jamb?
The debate among firefighters over the correct way to set the halligan is as common as the age old smooth-bore vs. fog nozzle debate. Both techniques, much like the nozzles, have their time and place. Setting the halligan with the bevel of th…
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Covered Skylights – By: Chris Collier
We have done numerous articles about skylights, here is another. These building features can be an asset to firefighters assigned to the roof as a means for quick ventilation. Their location, many times above the interior stairs, makes them a…
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“Slipping Through the Cracks” – By: Josh Materi
Does this look familiar? Have you been to a fire where companies failed to remove bars off the windows? I am sure by now we all understand how important this is to the safety of our members operating inside, much less the occupants that are c…
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Video – Roof Operations: Openting Scuttle & Skylight Returns
Ventilating Skylights 12/26/2010
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Power Saw Decompression Valves – By: Andrew Brassard
There are a tremendous amount of myths and misconceptions that circle in the fire service about the decompression valve on rotary saws. Some of these myths and misconceptions can lead to a lack of saw performance and or and inability to put the saw…
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Why the Framing Square Sucks – By: Chris Collier
The framing square doesn’t actually suck; it’s a great tool if you are building a house. When it comes to forcible entry, the framing square has no place on the fireground. The fire service has enough trouble with the basics. …
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Building Construction Features – Cornices, By: Andrew Brassard
It amazes me that we teach safety officers to spot a gloveless hand at 100 yards but we spend very little time talking about the hazards of balloon frame buildings, knee walls, fire spread issues, ordinary construction, etc.
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Real Housewives – Firefighters Edition
TWMedia Group is a reality programming company looking for families that are fun, quirky and not afraid of the spotlight. Forgot those bougie "Real Housewives" they want to give the world a whole new show and we are seeking Firefighter Wives or girlfriends that would be interested.
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