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Chemical Suicide Awareness – Be On The Lookout
Case
Study: Your engine company is dispatched to a 911 call at a rest stop
off the interstate for an unresponsive person in a car. Dispatch advises
that the caller did not try to remove the victim from the vehicle.
While enroute, you and your crew start thinking of possible reasons why
the person might be unresponsive and how this ...
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Hydra Ram Forcible Entry Tool – Learning The Basics
When
it comes to forcible entry there are many types of tools, techniques,
and challenges that you will and may have faced. Proper selection of
tools will go a long way on the fire ground. As with everything we do as
Firemen we need to train and maintain our tools at all times but,
especially train. As always knowing your ...
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Keeping Your Lid In Good Condition from CMC Custom Leathers
About
once a week we will be posting a care tip provided by our brothers at
CMC Custom Leathers. Each week will be a different topic on how to keep
your leather in the best shape possible and make it last. This week’s
tip is about keeping your flash shroud in good condition. As many of you
have seen before ...
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How To Make A Rescue Dummy Out Of Fire Hose
One
of the most important things we can train on is search and
rescue operations. Not every department has a few hundred dollars
laying around to purchase a rescue dummy, however, a lot of companies
have old out of service hose laying around. I found these pictures about
three years ago through a Google search, and was surprised at how easy
it was. The ...
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Tool Wraps from Tactical Advantage Training LLC
People
are always asking how to do a tool wrap or what is better to use. Lt.
Fraizer from Tactical Advantage Training made a video explaining how to
do it. Now in his video he uses flat RIT rope which does work perfect,
but I’ve seen people use a heavy gauge wire, an O2 line, and other types
of rope. ...
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