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The four steps of vehicle accident extrication

I am not going to pretend to write an article on vehicle extrication based on my vast knowledge: it would be a very short article. I am not going to "reinvent wheel;" Ron Moore has this subject covered about as thoroughly as possible. He breaks down every imaginable aspect of vehicle extrication into very detailed articles. I am going to take a step back and write a basic article on extrication as a reminder to most and a good starting point for some. For most firefighters outside of rescue...

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William Jenaway

William Jenaway
Safety 101 - Lesson 14

Standard Operating Procedures/Standard Operating Guidelines are a fundamental safety practice, nor only for emergency services, but business and industry as well.

In today's society it is essential that all emergency service organizations develop, adopt, and implement standard operating procedures and guidelines. The principal of public kindness is no longer acceptable practice. Concepts, such as sovereign immunity (individual vs. government) have been significantly limited and narrowed by the courts.

Robert Burke

Robert Burke
The Street Chemist - Part 21
An often-misunderstood physical characteristic associated with flammable liquids is ignition temperature. The definition of ignition temperature is "the minimum temperature to which a material must be heated to cause autoignition without an ignition source."
 

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Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 17:29

Podcast host Bob Duemmel talks with Mike Donahue founder of Progressive Rescue in this edition of The Buzz on Technical Rescue.

Bob and Mike discuss various aspects of rope rescue operations during this session. They look at safety, equipment, knots and rigging related to rope rescue. Mike shares some thoughts on how a team or department functions at a rope rescue incident.

Monday, January 4, 2010 - 20:41

Do you have problems deciding what to do for training? Does your department have a yearly comprehensive training calendar?

Host Douglas K. Cline uses this podcast to bring a help you create a comprehensive yearly training calendar. The annual calender helps maximize points for your ISO rating and is focused focused on developing sharp and well-trained personnel.

Cline also provides information on how to keep your training focused on being compliant to national standards.

 

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February 7, 2010:

I've washed all my work out clothes….cleaned out my car….stored all my classroom notes and textbooks on the shelf….read the newspaper reports of the graduation and the now fulfilled dreams of my classmates...

 

Upcoming TrainingLive Webcasts

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Jeffrey Pindelski

Monday, August 31, 2009 - 03:00

Rapid intervention and firefighter survival skills are often considered advanced, but do you have a firm grasp on the basic skills of firefighter removal? This webcast, based on case studies and proven statistics, will enable you to learn essential rapid intervention rope rescue concepts that can also be applied to basic, everyday fireground survival.

 

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