Here’s a not so routine extrication to think about as you cruise by your local public park. How are you going to get a child out of a full bucket swing who has become stuck.
The scenario is: a child’s legs are to big for the openings, but gravity squeezed…
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The video below shows parts of Blue Bird Corporations manufacturing process. It will help you get an idea of where the strongest parts of the bus are located. Of course different manufacturers have varying methods.
It is important to know the construction of school buses, so we can attack them in the weakest areas first. Ultimately they are built like tanks to protect the passengers, which places the challenge on us as firefighters to gain access quickly and extricate rapidly. …
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