Midtown Blogger/Manhattan Valley Follies: Fire Engineering Newsletter- "Extrication Zone"

Monday, December 29, 2014

Fire Engineering Newsletter- "Extrication Zone"

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FEATURES

Semi Cab Door RemovalTodd Taylor and company offer some details on removing a semi cab door. Sponsored by Holmatro. Share:

Humpday Hangout: ExtricationHosts Bobby Halton and Erich Roden talk to a panel of extrication experts--Aaron Heller, Isaac Frazier, and Dave Dalrymple--about the discipline. Share:

Leap-FroggingIsaac Frazier looks at this vehicle rescue tactic best used during a total side removal. Share:

Photos: PA Car Carrier AccidentChris Haldeman shares some photos of rescue crews working at the scene of a car carrier accident on a busy highway. Share:

MORE FEATURES • More Vehicle Extrication Features and News

FIRE NEWS
Five Killed in TX Senior-Living Complex FireMore than a dozen people are hospitalized following a fire that killed five residents at a senior-living facility near San Antonio. Share:
Grandma, Three Boys Die in OH FireTerry Harris, 60, and three of her grandchildren died in a fire that tore through a home in the town of Washington Court House. Share:
Tucson Fire Displaces SevenTwenty-one firefighters controlled the fire in nearly 30 minutes after arriving on scene. Share:
MA Firefighters Rescue KayakerCrews came to the rescue of a capsized kayaker who may have been trying to install a Charlie Brown cutout on a raft that holds a Christmas tree at the center of a pond. Share:
People Use Bedsheets to Escape Los Angeles FireSome residents slid down knotted bedsheets or clambered down by standing on one another's shoulders to flee a raging Christmas night fire that injured six people. Share:
Hundreds Rescued from Greek Ferry FireFighting high winds and stormy seas, helicopter rescue crews on Monday evacuated the last of the hundreds of people trapped aboard a Greek ferry that caught fire off Albania. Share: