Training
Heavy Truck Rescue Class
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Oct 21, 2009, 22:58

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.

Lt Hummel, Sgt Bender, FF Adams

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.

Sgt Bender Cutting

Wrecker Equipment Familiarization

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.

Lifting Station

Underide- 1st Scenario

Placing the lifting bags

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.

Over/Under ride- 2nd Scenario

Car under trailer- 3rd scenario

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.

Lt Hummel & Sgt Bender coordinate lifting operations

Post Lift

Post lift of cement mixer- 4th scenario

Sgt Bender removing the passenger side

Wreckers and Lumber thats what you'll need!

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