Fire Engineering Training Community
Technical Rescue
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Tech Rescue Team Funding
I belong to a County Team that started in forming in 2007 after local Chiefs realized that they could no longer fund department based teams. They decided to gather all of the tech rescue trained people together and let them form a county wide team. Years later we have what is now the Essex County…
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Trench Rescue Techniques
In regards to setting up "Ladder Bridge" systems for trench rescue scenarios...1) What does your ladder bridge system consist of?2) Do you use ground pads AND ladder bridge, or use one or the other?3) When using the spoils pile to support one side, do you dig into the pile and/or crib a base, or…
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LSP Halfback
We just got a LSP halfback device. It came with the lifting strap but the instructions are pretty vague. We know the 2 clips go to the lifting points but the third adjustment strap does not make sense. Ours seem turned inside out. I searched you tube for any info but did not find any info. Does…
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Search Dogs
I am on the Technical Rescue Team and have finally recieved the support of our Chiefs to acquire a search dog. My chief has asked me to do some research and see what other department policies are like. Does anyone have search dogs as part of their department that are allowed at the station? If so…
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PETZL ID/540 Belay
I was wondering how many of you out there have used with the 540 Belay device or the Petzl ID and what your thoughts were regarding them vs. traditional hardware/techniques?
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Rope Rescue tools and methods. To change or not to change?
Our team responds in a metro area, primarily our rescues would be restricted to high rise buildings or possibly radio towers. We have no mountains or tall hills in our area.We are currently disccusing some of the methods/equipment we use in rope rescue. I am looking for all comments and suggestions…
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Rope Equipment Storage
How do all of you store your rope equipment? And where is it kept? Is it all on a rescue or squad company? Is it all in one big box or bag...or do you set it up task oriented? Send in your info...and any photos.....you never know...it may end up in a future article.
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SARS - Airlines
Looking for ideas on the storage and deployment of supplied air respirator airlines. We don't have room for reels, and simply coiling the lines leads to knots and a mess. Have tried the "figure 8" coil with limited success. Any ideas out there? What do you guys do that works? When you put four…
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Safety Lines
I've run across different SOP's while teaching in regards to safety lines for confined space rescue. Some teams use a seperate safety for each rescuer, and some use one line with all rescuers attached to it, with some slack between each rescuer to facilitate eash removal. What's the rest of the…
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Using low pressure air bags in a trench rescue
When using low or medium pressure air bags during a trench rescue (to fill in the voids behind the uprights), how much psi are you inflating them to? The max or just enough to take up the space? Also do you shoot the struts to half pressure then inflate the bags? Looking for how others do it.
