FIREFIGHTERS LEARN SPECIFIC VEHICLE STABILIZATION TECHNIQUES TO HELP DURING VEHICLE EXTRICATION. Parker Fire College puts firefighters through vehicle stabilization training. Firefighters learn specific vehicle stabilization techniques to help during vehicle extrication. They train using rescue struts and the X-Bracing technique. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: What we’re trying to do is just make sure that the car doesn’t move around, in case somebody …
“Beware of airbag cylinders.”
— Parker CO, Fire College | Team Holmatro
Vehicle Extrication
Team Holmatro Demonstrates Vehicle Extrication in Less Than 8 Minutes with Battery Powered Holmatro Hydraulic Rescue Tools
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Vehicle Extrication Training Ideas from Parker, Colorado Fire College
Firefighters at Parker Fire College are presented with vehicle extrication training ideas. They undergo a series of vehicle extrication techniques including dash roll extrication, rescue extrication and ‘B’ post blowout. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: SAFE THE CAR When we show up on scene, we want to ‘safe the car’. What that means is to try to put it in park or put …
Colorado Firefighters Take Part in Denver Drill Training at Parker Firefighter College
RIT instructors from When Things Go Bad Inc. put a group of Colorado firefighters through the “Denver Drilling Training” exercise during a recent Colorado State Firefighters Association training event in Parker, Colo. The exercise was created in honor of Mark LangVardt, a Denver firefighter who died from carbon monoxide poisoning when crews could not extricate him quickly from a two-story …
Rapid Intervention Teams Can Use Basic Rope Rescue Training Techniques to Navigate Smoke
Firefighter rope rescue training teaches firefighters how to rescue a downed firefighter in a structure fire. Typically, a smoke-filled structure can be dangerous to navigate, and Colorado firefighters learn rescue techniques to navigate the smoke-filled rooms. By laying designated rope lines, firefighters are able to retrieve multiple downed firefighters. Below is a transcription of the video: VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: We have …
Firefighter Recruits Go Through Car Fire Training at Front Range Fire Consortium Academy
Strategies for a fast attack have the backseat firefighter masking up on a car fire. Car fires are going to give you nasty black smoke. Smoke from a car fire is going to be 10 times worse than smoke from a structure fire. He’s pulling hose while you’re doing a quick 360 of the scene and talking on the radio …
Recruits Go Through Active Shooter Training for Firefighters in Fort Collins, Colorado
This instructional footage captures Front Range Fire Consortium recruits undergoing annual active shooter training for firefighters. This firefighter training video shows the chain of events of most EMS response to active shooter incidents. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Here is the situation. There are multiple patients down on the side. We got the active shooter barricaded on the Charlie side. Typically, you have …
SAM Pump Representative Shows Off Fire Truck Pump Panel with Touchscreen Pump Controls
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 …
Instructor Provides Firefighter Forcible Entry Training, Showing Use of Forcible Entry Tools
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 …







