Extrication.Com
19 Baldwin Circle
Plymouth, MA  02360
-USA-

Toronto 2005 Programs

Starting September 18th 2005 vehicle extrication specialists from the following agencies attend our 40-hour program Basic-Intermediate-Advanced Extrication Skills):

Agencies Attending:
Boston MA Fire Department Special Operations USA
Royal Bahamas Police and Fire Rescue Bahamas
Toronto Fire Department, ONT Canada
Douglas Alaska Volunteer Fire Department USA
BP Exploration Alaska Endicott Station #3 USA
Motorsports Medical Rescue England UK
Mexican Red Cross Mexico
Regina Fire Department SK Canada
Capital City Fire Rescue AK USA
Silverdale Fire Department WA USA
Borne ONT Canada
Berthhoud Fire Protection District CO USA
Barrie Fire and Emergency Services, ONT Canada
Alta Techologia Prehospitalaria Sa De CV, Mexico
Indiana Fire Association, Indiana, PA USA
Kitchener Fire Department, ONT Canada

Basic Skills

Half of the 40-hour program students pose next to one of the prop vehicles.

Getting back to the basics hand and power tools, something that has been lost with the introduction of heavy rescue tools. Students were only allowed to use hand and power tools, no heavy rescue tools to perform roof removal and dashboard displacement.

Not all incidents are the same and personnel need to be able to adapted
on the fly should their primary tools fail or not able to execute the task(s) required. We try to teach students to be able to work out of the box should things go wrong or not as planned. Have a back up plan ready and if necessary additional back plans. This is just one example of how responders can execute a dashboard displacement when limited to hand tools only. It may take a few more minutes, but the rescue can be mitigated!

Intermediate Skills

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Advanced Skills: Heavy Truck

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Advanced Skills: Bus

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Advanced Skills: Heavy Machinery
Heavy Machinery Train the Trainer

This year we incorporated construction machinery into our heavy machinery program to ensure that our program meets the requirements of NFPA Standard 1670 Chapter 6 pertaining to Extrication. Beginning in 2006 the basic heavy machinery program will be increased to a 16-hour program allowing for 6-hours of classroom and 10-hours of field and practical evolutions.

Trainers attending the heavy machinery program visit an operational farm to better understand farm operations and where they can receive local resources during a farm machinery entrapment.

Jordan Hewings demonstrates how easy it is for a farm worker to become entrapped in a chain drive on this piece of farm machinery.

Heavy Machinery Trainers learned how to extrication an entrapment under heavy equipment, PTO entrapments and pinch entrapments.

Chris Pipe takes a beak in the hub of a tractor wheel during the Heavy Machinery Train the Trainer Program. Chris is local to the Toronto area and took all three programs on his own. Chris is a firefighter in training hoping to secure a job with a fire department in Ontario, Canada.

Extrication.Com expert speaker Jordan Hewings talks about the proper setup and use of gas torches. Hewings provided trainers with valuable information about working mechanics of heavy construction and farm  machinery.

Captain Martin Andrews, Boston Fire Department takes command of a tractor. We were only kidding when we said if he could start it up he could take it home.

Agencies Attending:
Boston MA Fire Department Special Operations
Royal Bahamas Police and Fire Rescue
Toronto Fire Department
Motorsports Medical Rescue England UK
Silverdale Fire Department WA
Winnipeg Fire Department MB CAN
Barrie Fire & Rescue ONT CAN
Regina Fire Department CAN
Mexican Red Cross

Special Award for the 40-hour Extrication Program

Extrication.Com's Outstanding Achievement Award
Neil Wootton, Toronto Fire Department

Ron Shaw (left) awarded Neil Wootton (right) of the Toronto Fire Department with Extrication.Com's "Outstanding Achievement Award" during the 40-hour extrication program graduation party. Wootton was voted unanimously by the Extrication.Com instructors; Ron Shaw, Terry Salvi and Dwight Clark overall as the most outstanding student for the 2005 Toronto 40-hour program.

Neil is the first recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award. The award was not given out as a popularity vote for the best liked student. Instead it is an overall achievement award for the student that most excelled in extrication, acted in a professional manor throughout the program and demonstrated a willingness to assist his peers while going beyond that which was expected of him during the program. Congratulations Neil, its an award well desired.

Ron shaw

Last modified: 05/10/08