Tips and Techniques

Basic and Advanced Vehicle Extrication Techniques

The goal of the “Techniques” page is to gather all the free extrication PowerPoint, PDFs, DVDs, and videos on the Internet onto this page.
“Let no man’s ghost return to say his training let him down.”
Extrication Etiquette 

• Extrication Etiquette (Puyallup Extrication Team)

Stabilization/Cribbing

• Wood Cribbing Basics
• Scene size-up and Stabilzation (Roadway Rescue Video) 
• Basic Stabilization for Vehicle Extrication (1.4MB)
• A-Frame Setup (687K)
• Ratchet Strap Operation (575K)
• Strut Jack Operation (295K)
• Tripod Setup (410K)

Door removal

• Door Opening Techniques (RTC Rescue PDF)
• Multi-Door Pickup Truck Side Removal (Dave Dalrymple, Fire Engineering)

Side Removal

• Complete side removal (Holmatro Video)

Side roof flap

• Side roof flap (Holmatro Video)

Third door conversion

• Third door conversion (Holmatro)
• Third door conversion Part 1 (Holmatro Video)
• Third door conversion Part 2 (Holmatro Video)

Roof removal

• Raising the roof (Randy Schmitz, Fire Fighting in Canada)

Dashboard roll

Foot well access 

• Footwell Entrapment (RoadwayRescue)
• Floor-pan displacement: an alternative to the dash roll?

Dashboard lift

• Dashboard lift (Holmatro Video)
• Dash lift (RTC Rescue Video)

Trunk Tunneling

• Trunk Tunneling (Randy Schmitz)
• Pickup Truck Tunneling (Dave Dalrymple, Fire Engineering)
• 10 Tips for Conducting Tunneling Operations (Les Baker, FireFighterNation.com)

Cracking the Egg 

• Cracking the Egg (Randy Schmitz)
• Cracking the Egg (Les Baker)

Ramming

• Interior Ramming vs. Exterior Spreading

First Responder Jack (FRJ)

• First Responder Jack Extrication Tips: October 2012
• First Responder Jack Extrication Tips: January 2013

School Bus Extrication

• Advanced School Bus Extrication (Paul Hasenmeier, Fire Engineering)
• Get on Board (Paul Hasenmeier, Fire Rescue)

Big Rig Extrication

• Big Truck Extrication – Part 1: Anatamy 101
• Big Truck Extrication – Part 2: Assessment and Stabilization
• Big Truck Extrication – Part 3: The Extrication

Miscellaneous Techniques

• The Gull Wing (RTC Rescue PDF)
• Rollover Patient Extrication (Randy Schmitz)
• Disassembly Tools for Extrications (Les Baker)
• 5 Essential Extrication Tools (Les Baker)
• Extrications Involving LEOs (Les Baker)

Extrication Books

• Principles of Vehicle Extrication
• Fundamentals of Technical Rescue
• Extrication Tactic Book Swedish Fire Authority