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Here's a look at the 2015 Ford Edge Body Structure from the Hurst booth at FDIC.

For me (Smitty) the guy behind Boron Extrication, 2014 turned out to be a great year. In April, I was honored to teach at FDIC for the HOT Extrication classes.

I hope that everyone had the time to take in a few extrication classes while you were at FDIC.  If you didn’t, or didn’t make it to FDIC than take a look  at the Fire Engineering Training Minutes by Battalion ...

“Loyalty and service are not things of the past for the fire service!” Bobby Halton, Fire Engineering editor in chief FDIC education director, passionately told the attendees at the Opening Ceremonies Wednesday morning. “Loyalty ranks high, and selfless service is ...

Tomorrow is the first of two days of HOT Vehicle Extrication classes at FDIC.  This weekend we set up at Zore’s Inc in Indy. Tonight was also the HOT Instructors meeting where I got to see a legend in the ...

Monday and Tuesday I will be teaching HOT classes with David Dalrymple from Roadway Rescue and Fire Engineering. The class will highlight new vehicle technology and advanced extrication techniques. Many fire service companies are supporting this including TECGEN, TNT Rescue, ...

My good friend David Dalrymple from Roadway Rescue and I have put together a great HOT class for FDIC this year. I’m very excited for April to get here. One of the benefits of teaching at FDIC is you get a ...

I talk with many rescue instructors like Eric Rickenbach and David Dalrymple often how important the EMS aspect of extrication is. After all, the patient, not the vehicle, is the whole reason we are there. If you are heading to FDIC this year I would check out the EMS Aspects of Extrication workshop

I must apologize for the delay in posting this story from FDIC. Several reasons for the delay.

The last day at FDIC was Friday for me and the list of people to stop by and see was very long and even a little stair climb to fit in before the 4ish hour drive back to the Detroit area.