Tag Archives: Rescue

Why do we skin doors? Have you ever wondered why your door removal went from bad to worse?

Here is one for the folks in Japan. Take a look at the 2013 honda N-One Minicar Body Structure and airbags.

The folks at FoxFury sent a Discovery Tasker S Helmet Light to review and put it through the paces.

In yesterday's webcast, Hidden Hazards inside a Vehicle I discussed how useful Moditech's Crash Recovery System (CRS for short) on the scene of an extrication.

Here's a quick look at the 2013 Mazda CX-5 Body Structure for the folks in New Zealand!

We train for motor vehicle accidents with entrapment but do you train for extrications that involve an object other than another car? A vehicle resting against a utility pole or wrapped around it is a common scenario that we could ran into on a MVA. However, a tree that fell onto a vehicle that was uprooted by the wind in uncommon for most of us.

I wish I could say I found this very well photographed extrication scene, but FireGeezer here at FireEMSBlogs.com broke the story last night! How would you handle this scene? By all accounts, the Glenview Fire Department did a great job getting the occupants out!

You are dispatched to a MVA with entrapment from falling concrete from a bridge that was struck during the acident. You arrive to find what is in the pictures below. What steps would you take and what would you do?