Two Person Hose Team – ‘When Things Go Bad’
Hose Management
LIFT: Determine where the fire is
LIFE: Check for life in the immediate area
LAYOUT: Look for anything to help hose team get inside the building more efficiently
Jake Dickes, Son’s of Irons Instructor
Structure Fire
“Make sure our extrication is patient driven and not ego driven.”
Beaver Lane Fire & Rescue Chief, Toranze Lee
Vehicle Extrication
“Think of a Ratchet as a Gear Shift”
Ratchet Training
Vehicle Stabilization
“‘Never put your hand in the mouth of an alligator. Always stick them in the ass.’ So wrap it from the back, that way you keep your hands out.”
Ratchet Training
Vehicle Stabilization
“That (truck) has a high carbon steel frame. It’s made to twist and turn, or else if it didn’t it would break. If you got enough anchor points, you can get a lot more twist out of that frame on that truck then you realize.”
Nick Griffin, Beaver Lane Fire Department — Heavy Lifting and Stabilization Training
Vehicle Stabilization
“When you need length and strength, you need to go to the Paratechs.”
Nick Griffin, Beaver Lane Fire Department — Heavy Lifting and Stabilization Training
Vehicle Stabilization
“Webbing is going to elongate. Chain is not. So if I throw chain in and I ratchet it down to capture that suspension, I know it’s not going anywhere.”
Heavy Lifting and Stabilization Training at Secrest Wrecker Service — Monroe, NC
Vehicle Stabilization
“The King Ring is the ring you want to attach too if you can. It’s gonna provide the most strength that we can have.”
Heavy Lifting and Stabilization Training at Secrest Wrecker Service — Monroe, NC
Vehicle Stabilization
“Cars are really just beer cans and pop cans. They crush down onto the victim. To get the victim out, you don’t need to put the pop can back to where it was.”
IndyCar Dr. Andrew Stevens, Colorado State Firefighters Association 2021 — Parker, CO
Vehicle Extrication