Rescue Articles

Rescue Tools: Speed Versus Control – more information about use of the flow control mechanism in hydraulic rescue tools to regulate the speed of operation.

I have instructed crews for many years on dealing with incidents where there is difficult or Restricted Access to Rescue Scenes.

Vehicle Extrication Practice Training: Practice how you play! Do not accept nor seek out shortcuts that will leave you unprepared for real rescue scenes.

In my last blog I briefly touched upon the importance of a cyclic approach to Firefighter Education & Training to allow less experienced rescuers to develop.

We will consider here the methods of Creating Openings for Fire Ventilation where openings are made manually by means of hand tools.

Heavy Rescue Sweden have recently been in touch to tell us about the training courses they provide including truck extrication instructor training and chain-cable extrication instructor training.

Perhaps we should ….stop for a few moments, and consider deceleration and the potentially baffling world of personal safety connectors in general.

Firefighters have seen their roles change significantly in recent years, as they respond to the challenges of the modern world.

I have spent time in several different countries discussing heavy rescue. Of course the most popular concept of heavy rescue is dealing with extrication.

Numerous national, local and international initiatives try to modernise the approach to Disaster Vulnerability in Developing Nations.