Fire Spotlight’s six-week video series on Heavy Lifting and Stabilization Training, captured in Monroe, NC, shows how a spanner wrench can be used to adjust the locking collar of a strut. (Check back next Tuesday for the last video in this training series.) VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Paratech makes a Paratech hammer, does same thing, spanner wrench. I just put this in …
Cartoon by Sam Wallace
Photo by Fire Spotlight Staff
Ratchet Training
Vehicle Stabilization
Ratchet Training
Vehicle Stabilization
“You know what will make a firefighter look extremely dumb?” It’s the simple things … like running a ratchet. This firefighter training video captures helpful tips on how to efficiently operate a ratchet strap. This footage was captured during a heavy lifting and stabilization training event in mid-March. (Check back next Tuesday for Part 5 in this training series.) VIDEO …
Featured Product of the Week — OnScene Solutions’ Wellz Tool pulls extra duty during extrication training. This forcible entry tool fits into a responder’s pocket and can be used to breach doors, open hydrants, block hinges, shut off gas meters … and as shown here, aid in extrication. Find more information about the Wellz Tool here >
During this six-week Heavy Lifting and Stabilization Training series, we take a quick look at how opposing 4x4s can be crossed to chock a tandem-axle vehicle. This training footage was captured at Secrest Wrecker Service in Monroe, NC. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Just for tandem. Well, it’s the truck on the trailer. We just talk about it just bites into itself. It’s …
Cartoon by Sam Wallace
The Beaver Lane Volunteer Rescue and Fire Department specced this SVI-built Heavy Rescue, featuring aluminum body mounted on a Spartan Gladiator LFD chassis with 20-inch raised roof. Powered by a Cummins ISX12 500HP engine, this new walk-around Heavy Rescue features a Resolve Specialty Space Saver SCBA filling station, OnScene Solutions cargo slides with compartment lighting, a 240,000-lumen Command Light CL …
