Training Minutes: Victim Removal: High Point Change of Direction
Todd Taylor and the team share an option for using a ladder as a high point change of direction to remove a victim from out a window.
Training Minutes
The Web’s original firefighter training video series. Here you’ll find archives of classic training from Mike Ciampo and Ray McCormack as well as our most recent training videos.
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Extrication: Rear Door Removal and B Post Considerations
Dalan Zartman and Jason DeFosse examine some concerns for rear door removal when it comes to electric vehicle extrication.
Elevator Rescue: Down and Dirty Fall Arrest
Mike Dragonetti and company discuss a simple way of setting up a fall arrest/fall restraint system for removing trapped patients from the top of an elevator.
Rapid Access and Extrication on EVs
Jason DeFosse and company demonstrate how to rapidly gain access under the hood of an electric vehicle and to a patient trapped in the driver's seat.
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Elevator Rescue: Rope Gripper Entrapment
Mike Dragonetti discusses operating safely while around a Rope Gripper and two methods of mitigating an entrapment situation.
Training Minutes: Victim Removal from Window
Todd Taylor and company demonstrate a twin-tension system that can be set up with minimal equipment and staffing to remove a victim via a window.
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Training Minutes: Protester Barrier Device
Mark Gregory and members of PL Vulcan Training demonstrate how to overcome an improvised barrier that chains two protesters together.
Electric Vehicles: BMW EV
In this Training Minutes video, Dalan Zartman and Jason DeFosse examine the BMW EV and fire and emergency response considerations.
Training Minutes: Rescuing Victim Pinned by Vehicle Inside Structure
Todd Taylor and the team consider a complex rescue situation where a victim is pinned beneath a vehicle that has crashed into a building.
Training Minutes: Roles of Firefighters in VES
Eric Dreiman and company review the roles of the firefighters involved in vent-enter-search (VES) operations
Training Minutes: Rapid Shoring for Partial Collapse
Todd Taylor demonstrates a technique for rapid shoring when part of a structure has begun to collapse on a vehicle in an car-into-building scenario.
Training Minutes: VES: Room Search
Eric Dreiman and company review several fundamentals when it comes to searching a room during vent-enter-search (VES) operations.
Training Minutes: Door Control and VES
Eric Dreiman and company emphasize the need for firefighters to control the door during vent-enter-search ops.
Training Minutes: VES: Making Entry
Eric Dreiman and company review taking a window and size-up prior to making entry during vent-enter-search operations.
