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COAST Products sent out one of their Rapid Response knife and my first thought when I held the knife in my hand is it has a Benchmade quality feel to it.

Here is a little extrication knowledge from Sweden. The Extrication from Cars during Road Traffic Accidents is a free, downloadable extrication book available online from Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency.

Now I'm sure we are never going to look like this guy in the picture. Lets hope not!

This video is packed full of useful information, make sure you take advantage of it!

So week one of the Before the Snow Flies Giveaway has come and gone. However, the good news is that moves the giveaway to Week 2.

Ok so if the battery is leaking it could catch on fire. Got it! Please tell me that it doesn’t take a masters in engineering to figure out a HV battery leaking coolant (or anything for that matter) is not good. Should it really be a surprise that after three weeks of coolant leaking out of a “charged” battery caught fire?

This is how my department plans to remember 9/11, it's just an artist's rendering of the vision of the memorial with a long road to get it built in time to dedicate next year on 9/11. Let me know what you think!

I found a company on the internet called the Nathan Group that makes the Rapid Access Tool kit. The kit comes in two sizes, Tactical Operator Kit and First Responder Kit. Take a look at their video and tell me want you think. If the vehicles in the video were cribbed how stable would the vehicles remain when the Rapid Access Tool kit is used?

I have a free TRECK from Talon Rescue to give away to a lucky reader. Tom DeRossa is the man behind Talon Rescue and the TRECK. Tom was nice enough to send me a free TRECK when I ordered one to keep in my gear so now I will pass the free TRECK along.

Here is a simple question for you. Does your rescue truck or the truck that carries the extrication equipment have N95 masks? If it does not, it should.