Tag Archives: Randy Schmitz

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 ...

FDIC is a tradition for many in the fire service. When I make the drive down from the Detroit area next month it will be

Are you going to the Southern Extrication School? Better yet, have you registered? The Darlington County Extrication Team has put together a power packed two days with some big names in the fire service. I hope to so you there, I will be!

The selection of extrication gloves has expanded over the few years with many new gloves and new companies getting into the mix. Even extrication experts have created new gloves trying to provide firefighters with a glove that fits, feels comfortable, provides dexterity, and most important protects our hands!

Randy Schmitz and Dan Hobbs have launched the Schmitz Mittz website. Schmitz Mittzs are a true product designed and developed by a firefighter for fighters. The name Schmitz Mittz has taken the fire service by storm while sparking interest in many other fields like military, police, roughnecks, wrecker drivers, and list goes on and on! Check back for some new videos of the gloves in action!

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.

First off, if you do not recieve the Moditech Newsletter than go straight to their website and sign up for it! Acheive newsletters as far back as 2006 as also availible on their website. Take advantage of the free very useful information that Moditech Rescue Solutions provides in the newsletter. While you are at the Moditech Site, make sure you take a look at the Crash Recovery System (CRS).

What a great year 2010 was! For the first time in a long time the automotive industry started adding jobs here in Detroit! Hopefully, with more people getting back to work the budget cuts in public safety budgets can finally ...

Anybody who has researched extrication online or in magazines has most certainly ran across an article or technique that Randy Schmitz from the Calgary Fire Department has written. Randy was in search of an extrication glove that truly meet all ...