Its not all work, we do stimulate the students and try to have some fun at the same time. Here team members from Alaska and Ontario  cut the vehicle in half before posing.

Here one of our brothers from Mexico City Leonardo Aceves poses prior to the start of our advanced skills in the 40-hour program for heavy truck evolutions.

Here one of the Ontario firefighters looks over what one of the other team's work for rescue/recovery operations. 

Crews removing wreckage after school bus rollover evolutions were complete. Thornhill Towing provided the use of their rotator for advanced segments of the program. Students learned that there are more tools in the box than what you carry on their apparatus. Each 40-hour program we try to involve local heavy wrecker companies to show how they can assist the emergency responders.

Students learn to stabilize and perform rescue and recovery techniques during the advance segments of the 40-hour program.

A team group photo shot in front of the Modified Dash Roll that the crew just performed.

Ron Shaw, Lead Instructor (center tan jumpsuit) Group photo with the Modified Dash Roll, the technique can drastically reduce your overall time to mitigate a dashboard displacement to a average of 4-6 minutes or less.

Here an Alaskan Fire Captain Mike Rodriguez, Conco Philps poses after his crew performed the Modified Dash Roll using only a set of cutters and spreaders.

Toronto Training Officer Mark Bardgett after completing the MDR

Modified Dash Roll

Toronto 40-hour Basic-Intermediate-Advanced Program

▪  16-hours Basic Skills
▪  8-hours Intermediate Skills (New Vehicle Technology)
▪  8-hours Advanced Skills: Heavy Truck
▪  8-hours Advanced Skills: School Bus

This program allows entry level responder to enroll since there are 2-days of basic skills training. While the first two days are basics skills, there will be new information and techniques valuable to all attendees not just entry level enrollees. The first two days will sharpen the participant's skills enabling them to transition smoothly to the more complex scenarios during the remainder of the week.

In our programs we try to re-enforce the concept of being flexible, doing techniques most efficiently with the least amount of manpower.  And, try to instill that there is always more than one way to do extrication. Go to the BOX when things aren't going the way you feel they should and draw another technique. Have a backup action plan should the first take too long or fail.

Extrication.Com would like to thank the following 2004 Toronto 40-hour program for the attendance and hard work:

Greg Birtch, Captain T.O. Ottawa, Canada
Mike Reinhardt, Kitchner, Canada
Scott Jones, Kitchner, Canda
Steve Vibert, North Bay, Canda
Leonardo Aceves, Mexico City, Mexico
Marco Hernandez, Mexico City, Mexico
Kurt Wellong, Assistant Chief BP Exploration Greater Prudhoe Bay, AK USA
Mike Rodriguez, Captain Conco Philps, AK USA
Bill Blythe, Conco Philps, AK USA
Scott Walston, Conco Philps, AK USA
Caesar Marical, Conco Philps, AK USA
Shannon Jardine, Conco Philps, AK USA
Zane Henning, Conco Philps, AK USA
Brad Fairbrass, York, Canada
Ken Gibbs, York, Canada
Terry Callagan, Calgary, Canada
Mark Bardgett, Captain, Training Division, City of Toronto FD, Canada

Dr. Stephen Soloman, Owego, NY (New Vehicle Technology)