Tag Archives: Vehicle Stabilization

Mike Huffman, the man behind the Crunch Time Vehicle Extrication Training, Symposium flew me out to teach a class.

Check out the Hi-Lift First Responder Jack designed by the Puyallup Extrication Team helping out on the highway with a pickup truck with and overturned trailer.

We train for motor vehicle accidents with entrapment but do you train for extrications that involve an object other than another car? A vehicle resting against a utility pole or wrapped around it is a common scenario that we could ran into on a MVA. However, a tree that fell onto a vehicle that was uprooted by the wind in uncommon for most of us.

Walking around the floor at FDIC I thought to myself that I must be in extrication heaven, or at least Struts Galore to say the least! Struts were everywhere at FDIC. Almost every major strut manufacturer had a booth with a car with the rubber up. Below are a few pictures from Res-Q-Jack’s and Paratech’s booth. Please post any comments about struts you like or what your department uses.