Todd Shepard | Forge Fire & Company
Forced Entry Tip
“The best tool you can have is a Home Depot paint stick. And we just wrap Velcro on the, on the handle of it.”
Brian Bird | Arvada Auto X Instructor
HEAVY LIFTING/Rescue Tool Tip
“What we don’t want to do is put the chain with the hook down because now you have to remember we’re pulling down on this car. Take the chain and bury the hook into the car.”
Paul Shoemaker | Next Level Extrication
Motor Vehicle/Rescue Tool Tip
If I keep the spreader tip flat down to start, I’m going to be able to go a lot higher with stability of this thing being on the ground and being flat.
Paul Shoemaker | Next Level Extrication
Motor Vehicle/Rescue Tool Tip
Forced Entry Through a Padlock Using the Two-Person Hook Method
Based on “IFSTA Essentials of Firefighting 7th Edition”
Forced Entry
Forced Entry Through a Padlock: One-person Twist Method
Based on “IFSTA Essentials of Firefighting 7th Edition”
Forced Entry
“Add a Halligan to the butt spur end so that it counterbalances the hooks”
Magic City Truck Academy Instructor, OJ Kolodziej
Structure Fire
‘”Strike” perpendicularly incase you miss, but try not to miss.’
— Paul Capo, When Things Go Bad, Inc. instructor
FORCIBLE ENTRY
“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
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