Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Rescue
Harrowing, and Then Some (with Related Videos)
By Glenn Bischoff (glenn.bischoff@penton.com)
Confined-spaces rescues arguably are the scariest, most challenging incidents that a fire department faces....
Extrication a Snap with Downloadable App
By Mary Rose Roberts (maryrose.roberts@penton.com)
Upon arriving at the scene of a vehicular accident, emergency responders can click on the Extraction Zones Pro app and select the make and model of the damaged vehicles from an extensive databank in the pop-up list. ...
Train Local, Act Global
By Brian Freeman
A multinational exercise gives search-and-rescue teams a chance to practice complex technical operations while building relationships and finding confidence....
Experience is the Best Teacher
By Rod Carringer
After setting up a cold-water and ice-rescue training program, a small volunteer department discovers that most of what it initially thought was wrong....
Video: Controlled Impact Rescue Tool Can Break Through Concrete in 8 Minutes, S&T Shows
By Mary Rose Roberts (maryrose.roberts@penton.com)
Inside the self-contained CIRT, a small rifle shell powers a piston that drives a metal piece the size of a coke can into the concrete. ...
NFPA is Bullish About Electric-Vehicle Training Program
By Glenn Bischoff (glenn.bischoff@penton.com)
The response to the program generally was positive and the pilot didn’t reveal any “gotcha” lessons, according to Jason Emery, an NFPA consultant who is the lead trainer within the association’s electric vehicle training program. However, some graphics and language will undergo minor revisions to make them clearer. ...
Needles in a Haystack
By Mary Rose Roberts (maryrose.roberts@penton.com)
After a massive tornado crushed Joplin, Mo., the city's first responders faced an overwhelming search-and-rescue operation....
What Goes Up Must Come Down
By Patrick M. O'Connor
Here's a primer for ensuring safe and effective response to emergency incidents involving elevators....
A Troubling Paradox
By J. Michael Turnbull and Philip R. Turnbull
Water and flood emergencies affect virtually every community in the land, but most fire departments are ill-prepared to handle them....
The Great Escape
By Bill Peterson and Ken Richards Jr.
Adherence to NFPA 1407 will make rapid-intervention operations safer and more effective — which cannot be overvalued....
Into the Deep
By Janet Wilmoth (janet@firechief.com)
Quick thinking contributed to a heroic rescue of two victims trapped in a fully engulfed pleasure boat — just another day's work for Miami's oft-called and heavily trained dive-rescue team....
Children Under 4 at Greatest Risk for Home Fire Deaths, Fugate Says
By Mary Rose Roberts
FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate announces a call-to-action against children fire deaths after report shows 52% involve those who are under 4. ...
Electric-Powered Ladder System Speeds Up Evacuations
By Mary Rose Roberts
Victims are place in a rescue bag that is then zipped up securely. The bag has straps on top and bottom that hook on the ladder rungs or snap on....
Train Like You Play
By Dale Gentek
Apply the same procedures and standards that you use for confined-space incidents to your training regimen to improve safety....
A Long Shot Hits
By Liz Vogel
A county does the improbable by cobbling together a search-and-rescue team from career and volunteer firefighters....
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