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Check out this Ten House truck show-and-tell! Crews from area departments peeked behind the compartment doors of this SVI-built Heavy Rescue and picked the brains of Charlotte Fire Department, Charlotte NC on this truck build during a March training event. HEAVY RESCUE EQUIPPED WITH: Paratech Kit Ropes Inflatable Raft Swift Water 50’s Exothermic Cutting Torch Plumber’s Kit Ground Pads Hypothermic …
VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Performance objectives today is operating in an IDLH atmosphere, practice 3D fire tactics, flow path management, gas cooling, and then fire tac, front door to fire room hose management’s all we’re going to work on. So the crew will get ready at the front door. Once the safety lets us know that they can come in, its entry …
When spec’ing its new Rescue Pumper, Boulder Rural Fire Rescue chose a 12′ aluminum SVI body mounted on a 10″ raised-roof Spartan Gladiator chassis, which houses a 450HP L9 Cummins engine. This pumper comes with a Waterous CMUC20 mid-ship pump, FoamPro 2001 Class A and B foam system, 600-gal. Poly water tank, Akron Brass DeckMaster electronic deck Monitor, Command Light …
THE MOST POWERFUL FAN IN A 50″ MOBILE DESIGN The SVU is one of the most powerful fans with its 6-point, 48” carbon fiber blade. With a wide array of configurations, this large-scale positive pressure ventilator can be mounted on a truck, flatbed, trailer or skid unit for mobility, making it perfect for ventilating airport terminals, manufacturing facilities, large warehouses, …
by Amy Speer | Fire Spotlight Contributor Numerous light studies show fire truck light masts provide more usable light than portable or truck-mounted lights. Even the most basic fundamentals (which we’ll cover in a moment) back the advantages of elevated lighting. And yet, all too often, these masts are deemed an option. Rarely the standard. But still, an important choice …
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Every year, Colorado’s Front Range Fire Consortium Fire Academy puts its graduating recruits through 14 hours of non-stop calls and real-life scenarios, culminating with a defensive fire at night, where crews get first-hand experience operating scene lighting, like this Poudre Fire Authority Command Light tower.
by Tim Johnson It was supposed to be quick. An internal routine inspection. In and out. Minutes inside the power facility’s empty containment tank. On that day, more than 25 years ago, decisions were made that created a lasting, irreversible impact. In the world of confined space, it’s the decisions that cost lives. It all started when two employees at …
This is a pressure-sensitive screen. It does not work the same way as your cell phone. It will work with your gloves. It is not affected by water, so you can have water running off of it and it will still work fine. It works in almost any climate. We have tested this from -40 degrees to 195 degrees and …
Fire instructor Rich Cantarella and Interstate Rescue provide firefighter forcible entry training in this fire training video. Cantarella teaches forcible entry techniques with a forcible entry door prop, while discussing the importance of training on simple tasks. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Anytime I do this, I use ‘strike’ or ‘hit’ which means one. We use ‘drive’ to tell the others that we …
