Questions about heavy rescue that involves tractor trailers and other heavy vehicles? Download the Big Rig Rescue handout from Billy Leach's Firehouse Expo class below.
Story and Photos Courtesy Sidewinder Photography This drill was created by past chief of the Defreestville Fire Department Richard French and Current Asst. Chief Michael Russell....
Heavy Vehicle Extrication is often personnel and equipment intensive. A great example, rescue companies from Lower Macungie Fire Department, Goodwill Fire Company No.1 of Trexlertown, PA-Station...
Run flat tires are nothing new and I've been around for quite a while. The difference is more vehicles are starting to include them as standard...
The City of Hackensack Fire Department responded to a truck driver trapped in his truck after the tailgate malfunctioned when dumping a load of stone.
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...
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...
The Tinton Falls Fire Company No. 1 posted this information and pictures on their Facebook page. A mans head was pinned between the wall of a...
The Bowling Green State University State Fire School is held in the spring and fall in North West Ohio. The State Fire School is packed full...
Follow these procedures for primary and secondary stabilization to properly secure a vehicle on its side with in your first five minutes on scene.
Take a minute to ask yourself, "What do Palm Trees and Heavy Rescue Operations have in common?"
With the polar vertex gripping a large part of the United States, it never hurts to review some important steps we need to take with our...