Special Operations

Yesterday's post with the Weber Rescue Spreader Tips and Trick was so popular today we added almost all the Tips and Tricks below.

There’s no family-hybrid-esque Atkinson-cycle four puttering away beneath the 918’s perforated engine cover, nope it is a high-output V-8 bristling with modern engine technology. Yup, it is a hybrid, but still a sports car!

If you are not following our friends across the pond at the Weber Rescue facebook Page you are missing out on some great knowledge. Take a look at the two tips and tricks below about spreader arm angles. If the fact that their posts are in typically in German scare you off, it shouldn't. A simple click of a button, you can translate it into any lauguage.

Here is an interesting fact. Seven percent of the safety cage in the original XC90 was made of hot-formed boron steel. The structure in the upcoming cars built on the new Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) feature over 40 per cent hot-formed steel,

I believe Saturday deserves a weekly post off extrication techniques but highlight knowledge that will help everyone understand how vehicles are made. So let Strategery Saturday begin!

Where's the Boron, hot stamped, and UHSS? On BoronExtrication.com of course! Advanced Extrication posted a list of vehicles that have boron and we put our own twist on it below and linked the models to pages that show the body structure of each vehicle.

Below are the Rescue Sheets for the different Mini models. The Rescue Sheets provide relevant rescue information for each airbag-equipped vehicle model on a standardized A4 rescue sheet.

Here in Metro Detroit the temperature outside are well below zero degrees Fahrenheit like many other parts of the United States. Take the time to review the cold weather firefighting links below. Put together a cold weather bag and keep an eye on your brothers!

Here is a quick tip from the Merecedes Benz Rescue Guide about removing laminated side glass in vehicle doors. A saw is what first comes to mind to remove laminated glass, and that works well in this case. So pick your hand tool, grab a Extrication Tomahawk or GlasMaster and knock a hole in the

The 2013 VW Golf Body Structure is a great example of how different thicknesses of material can be found on late model vehicles. While this is not always the case, the B-Pillar on the 2013 VW Golf is a great ...