Auto Extrication

Last night’s weekly training was all about auto-extrication. We had two engines crews working on one vehicle. The goal was to see how quickly (safely and efficiently) we could extricate a trapped victim. We were required to use a number of different methods of gaining access including Noah’s Ark (cutting the front & rear doors and the top allowing doors to drop down like a draw-bridge); 5th Door (not sure but we basically peeled the rear door open, remove the windshield, remove the trunk and gain access from the back, roll the roof off the entire car and finally role the dashboard upwards. All in all we completed all tasks in 38 minutes.

Tomorrow is off to do some “advanced search & rescue” in the training tower. Thank god for training programs otherwise I don’t think I would see the inside of a fire truck lately.