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At the Colorado State Fire Fighters Association’s 2025 Fire College, Chop Shop RX Instructors remind firefighters to keep your head on a swivel and stay attentive, using this little mantra… or song if you so choose…. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: A little mantra that I have, I have tip tip, whether it’s blade or tip back hand and my feet. Rarely do …
At the Colorado State Fire Fighters Association’s 2025 Fire College, Chop Shop RX Instructors highlight how to use your tool to its advantage when making space to complete a Batwing-style extrication. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: We’re gonna talk about the vertical crush. Vertical crush used to come in here in the center of the door and it pulled the door out to …
At the Colorado State Fire Fighters Association’s 2025 Fire College, Chop Shop RX Instructors highlight how to use your backhand to take advantage of your tool and limit stress on your body while amplifying control of the tool. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: There is a human thing that says we are going to do this. So it’s human nature. We’re wired that …
At the Colorado State Fire Fighters Association’s 2025 Fire College, Chop Shop RX Instructor Randy Wells describes how he identifies Tempered vs Laminate glass on scene. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: Now we gotta get all the glass outta this car before we start. This is tempered. Tempered, right? See how it was wiggling a little bit, not a big deal. If it’s …
At the Colorado State Fire Fighters Association’s 2025 Fire College, Chop Shop RX Instructor Randy Wells and Erik Herbst open discussion to knowing your enemy and respecting it. The ability to know how to work around airbags can be lifesaving. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: As much as I would like to carry everything on the fire truck on my body, it’s not …
At the Colorado State Fire Fighters Association’s 2025 Fire College, Chop Shop RX Instructor Randy Wells provides insight on the tools he has carried for years that serve multiple functions for structural response, EMS runs and ultimately extrication incidents. VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: As much as I would like to carry everything on the fire truck on my body, it’s not possible. …
At the Colorado State Fire Fighters Association’s 2025 Fire College, Chop Shop RX Instructors Randy Wells and Eric Herbst highlighted key ways to limit the exertion on your body when carrying and using extrication tools. Check it out! VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: How do you operate on a 20 minute cut job when you don’t have relief? The minute you start to …
