Fire Rescue Training

If you are looking for a train the trainer extrication course in the Detroit area, look no further!

The National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium’s First Responder Safety Training features a suite of modern technology products and training for electric drive vehicles. Participants learn important information needed to safely respond to accidents involving these vehicles.

So you cannot get a late model vehicle with all the new airbags with the hidden stored gas inflators. Not to mention all the Ultra-High Strength Steel (UHSS) used in the body structures. No problem! Moditech has created a very simple training tool that can be used as an evolution evolves.

Here is a simple question for you. Does your rescue truck or the truck that carries the extrication equipment have N95 masks? If it does not, it should.

A video of an extrication where a car was embedded around a metal traffic signal pole was post on YouTube a couple of years back. The extrication was handled by the Santa Fe Spring Fire Department and LA County Fire Department. What is good about the video is how much

Battery(s) Location(s) One job that needs to be completed on the scene of an extrication is securing the power source.  A simple task that even the newest probie should have no issue completing.  However, I have to ask, do you ...

One handout that is a quick easy read is the image below, SHADE Acronym.

The Body Structure of the 2011 Honda CR-Z is made up with 45% high-strength steel (590 MPa or above).   2011 Honda CR-Z Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) body structure     Most likely you looked at the image above and ...

General Motors (GM) has set a new bench mark for US automakers and all foreign automaker.  General Motors has been very proactive with training First Responders on the 2011 Chevrolet Volt.  There is an awareness training program that is visiting ...

The Detroit News has an article today about GM’s plan to offer training to first responders.  I spoke with Ron Moore last month from Firehouse.com’s University of Extrication and he told me that he recently visited the GM proving grounds ...