Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Rescue Tools”
Last video we showed you the versatility of a spanner wrench. Here’s another out-side-of-the-box application for a different firefighter tool. You may be surprised to learn you can help extricate patients (more comfortably) with the aid of a battery fan and spiral duct. View more about Super Vac Valor series battery fans here > VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Hey there. Gary Wilkins, …
Since we’ve been sharing loads of Heavy Lifting and Stabilization Training footage over the last month, we thought we would highlight the Paratech Fire & Rescue Equipment Standard Vehicle Stabilization Kit.
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 >
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 …
View VEHICLE EXTRICATION TRAINING IDEAS FROM PARKER, COLORADO FIRE COLLEGE instructional video >
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 …
Andy Starnes of Insight Training provides firefighter thermal imaging camera training using a Max Fire Box and a FLIR thermal imaging camera. Using this flashover training device, Starnes shows how to forecast fire behavior and how to use a thermal imaging camera for firefighting decision making at a Interstate Rescue training in Bridgeport, WV. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: My name is Andy …
Super Vac Regional Sales Manager Gary Wilkins provides basic firefighter chainsaw training during a Central Alabama Training Solution annual training event. Attendees attempted firefighter roof ventilation cuts using battery- and gas-powered fire ventilation saws equipped with a depth gauge. Firefighters cut into decking material with unexposed rafters and double-layer shingles. Here, we have a battery-operated chainsaw and a gas-operated chainsaw. …
Central Alabama Training Solutions instructor Shaun McAteer demonstrates how hydraulic ventilation firefighting can aid small, understaffed volunteer fire departments. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: This is a very helpful tool. It has a very good purpose. You might be low on manpower while you’re out in the county because you’re volunteers. I commend you for that. I’m a volunteer as well where I …
This one-hour AMCA (the Air Movement and Control Association) insite™ Webinar Series covers the evolution of PPVs and AMCA 240 certification, along with ventilation principles, including entrained airflow and back pressure factors. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: The broadcast is now starting. All attendees are in listen only mode. Hello everyone. Welcome to today’s AMCA insight webinar on positive pressure, ventilators, PPV, and …
