Get an inside look at Rosenbauer’s Cobra Aerial training done by Ernie Young. On this episode we learn about shortjacking and get the proper technique.
VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION:
Couple things when you’re talking about the shortjack and doing the shortjack, to keep in mind, I think of it like it’s a torque wrench. Okay? It’s in my toolbox. It’s gotten bypassed so many times. It’s probably on the bottom of my toolbox by the time I need it. But if I need a torque wrench, there’s not another tool in that box that’ll do the job. Now that’s short jacking when you need it. It’s a great tool, but it’s not the first one I grab out every time. Fully deploy, but now I roll up, damn, I want that corner right there, right? And there’s something in my way and I wouldn’t be able to set that jack. So I move forward and I miss that corner. And I only got one side of my building. Well now I’ll just short Jack that. Keep your full jack to your working side. Push through your exposure. But I still have, if I get 25%. Right about here. If I can get that on that exposure side. That way when embers throw across to the roof and the chief yells at you to pay attention and get behind you, you can still get over there and flow water. Okay? I’ll have limited reach 40 feet, but I can do 40. And if I was working at 80 over here and I swung around, it’s gonna let me get right there and go, Hey dude, get inside that 40 and come around. It won’t let me get past what’s unsafe for me to operate in. Just kind of get used to that correlation. That’s gonna make a lot more sense to you in numerous setups when you know, Hey, I’ve bounced this out to 50%. I’m gonna know right away. And granted it’s only 15 feet between the max and the men’s. When you’re short jacked, 40, 45, 50, but 15 feet quite a bit. For when you’re needing to make reach.
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