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Training
This past weekend, the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad(CARS) held there 9th annuall Heavy Vehicle Rescue Technician class. Three Eden members traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia for a three days of valuable vehicle rescue training.
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Lt Hummel, Sgt Bender, FF Adams
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Lt Hummel, Sgt Bender and FF Adams spent the weekend training on rescue situations involving heavy vehicles and tractor-trailers. The weekends emphasis was on fire department utilization of Heavy Wreckers and stabilization.
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Sgt Bender Cutting
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Wrecker Equipment Familiarization
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The first day consisted of morning lecture and afternoon work stations. The lecture covered truck anatomy, heavy vehicle stabilization and extrication as well as heavy wrecker theory.
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Lifting Station
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Underide- 1st Scenario
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Placing the lifting bags
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The second day was filled with work stations including a Bus Rescue/Hot cut station, Vehicle under-ride considerations, stabilization and vehicle lifting operations utilizing heavy wreckers.
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Over/Under ride- 2nd Scenario
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Car under trailer- 3rd scenario
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The weekend concluded on Sunday with four full rescue scenarios. The four scenarios included two passenger vehicle under-ride situations, overturned trailer on a vehicle and our final scenario. For the final scenario, our group had to extricate a patient from an SUV with a cement mixer rolled over on it.
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Lt Hummel & Sgt Bender coordinate lifting operations
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Post Lift
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Post lift of cement mixer- 4th scenario
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Sgt Bender removing the passenger side
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Wreckers and Lumber thats what you'll need!
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