Tag Archives: Firehouse.com

Here is the new weekly column on BoronExtrication! It's called Five for Friday. Five for Friday will recap 5 different extrication news topics and sometimes sprinkle in items like the Fire Critic's 16 Days of Swag!

What Grade of Chain for Rescue Use? What does your department use? A more important question is what chain should you use?

My hat goes off to the fine folks over at Firehouse Expo.

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

Make sure you surf over to Firehouse.com and read a great article about Back-to-basics approach moving heavy objects in rescue scenarios written by Michael R. Donahue, a Firehouse.com Contributor. The article brakes down lifting and moving loads into several great examples that include; Fulcrum & Leaver, Hydraulic Tools, Pneumatic Struts, Pneumatic Air Bags, and Ropes.

If you missed Ron Moore’s University of Extrication Vehicle Rescue Update for 2011 on Firehouse.com on 4/29/2011 you are in luck!  This free webcast training that was sponsored by Amkus Rescue Systems is available on Firehouse.com until 4/28/2012.  It’s a known ...

One of the FireEMSBlogs.com team that I was lucky enough to get to know a little was Tiger Schmittendorf. I noticed on Facebook tonight that a link was posted from the Emergency Responder Safety Institute that Tiger commented on about. Tiger created the Responder Safety Visor Card. The card shown below provides a vital reminder for setting up temporary traffic control at a glance. Print it out and put it in the map book or in the visor.