Never use your gloved hand to clear the glass, always use the peel and reveal tool. If you use your glove it gets full of glass shards then when use wipe sweat away you end up cutting yourself. You dont need to break all the glass. Any door that can open you can drop the glass down. We actually use Pack ex which is like cling film which is put over all windows so no glass has to be broken unless you need access.
Use three chocks instead of 4, its more stabile. The chocks should be setup so a dash lift (one chock under the A pillar) and a dash roll (chock under the B pillar) can be done simultaneously if needed. Prep to put the ram on the non egress side. Turn on the hazard lights, it lets everyone know the car is hot, it also lets you know if taking the battery has been effective. Before taking the battery, manipulate everything that makes sense and is accessible. Seat down and back if appropriate, steering wheel in and up, doors unlocked, hood and trunk popped, windows rolled down, parking brake set, transmission in park, keys off and out... then DC the batt. Both firefighters should start at the front and work in parallel, communication back and forth where hazards are (actually, it works better to communicate what areas are clear, as you can never see everything). No need to duplicate effort on each side, so each firefighter should "leapfrog" each other when it comes to pulling plastic. If you are going to remove the roof, cut the pillars as high as possible, it makes the roof lighter and less jagged material to pass through the PT area. Cutting the crumple zone is a parking lot hack. If the dash is displaced, the crumple zone has already been activated and a hinge zone has been created by the impact. When making the relief cut in the A pillar, watch the steering wheel on the drivers side, the dash on the passenger side... if you see it rise and fall an inch or two, your cut was successful and you can displace the dash, if not, make another deeper cut. Im unclear why all the effort into removing quarter panels, seems like a waste of time. Dont get in the habbit of running one tool at a time. If one FF is spreading a door off, the other should be prepping the roof and cutting hinges. When the spreader passes the C pillar, give a squeeze, so the cutter can get it in one go. When cutting the lower A pillar, position the tool perpendicular to the vehicle, this will reduce the likelyhood of the tool rolling into the seat... the PT will appreciate it. Learn to "see" through all the HVAC garbage in the center console. If you have a basic idea what the anatomy is, you can blow right through it with the spreaders, grab the HVAC subframe, and push all of it to the nose of the vehicle. You only need to displace a dash a few inches, get in the habit of using the spreaders on one side and the ram on the other (non egress side if one PT)... this will double the force going into the dash and help you overcome stronger transverse columns.
How cars, equipment and training have changed! I love the discipline and precision of your approach. I was an ALS paramedic back in the late 70s/ early 80s in a hospital based service. We were one of very few that did our own extrication ( Fire Dep’t wasn’t interested!). Unibody and air bags weren’t a thing. When Hearst developed the jaws and cutters we ditched that terrifying K-Saw and air chisel. As we were responsible for all the medical care we occasionally did one thing differently in out training: we put one of us or our wives in the car. That took the hahoo factor down a long way, made us real careful. But then, liability wasn’t such a big thing then either! Thanks for a great video, brings back a lot of memories.
I only clicked on the video to comment how the title says 8 minutes, yet the video is over 40 minutes long smh either the title is a lie or there's too much talking and not enough action.
Great Job. I really enjoyed watching this video. I love efficiency and I feel you have definitely hit the mark. Extrication can be very tricky and not all extrication jobs are the same. I live in South Florida and we perform extrication on a regular basis. I have taken some of this and gone over with my crew. Thank you.
You and I have very different definitions of 8 minutes, but I loved the video.
Never use your gloved hand to clear the glass, always use the peel and reveal tool. If you use your glove it gets full of glass shards then when use wipe sweat away you end up cutting yourself. You dont need to break all the glass. Any door that can open you can drop the glass down. We actually use Pack ex which is like cling film which is put over all windows so no glass has to be broken unless you need access.
Use three chocks instead of 4, its more stabile. The chocks should be setup so a dash lift (one chock under the A pillar) and a dash roll (chock under the B pillar) can be done simultaneously if needed. Prep to put the ram on the non egress side. Turn on the hazard lights, it lets everyone know the car is hot, it also lets you know if taking the battery has been effective. Before taking the battery, manipulate everything that makes sense and is accessible. Seat down and back if appropriate, steering wheel in and up, doors unlocked, hood and trunk popped, windows rolled down, parking brake set, transmission in park, keys off and out... then DC the batt. Both firefighters should start at the front and work in parallel, communication back and forth where hazards are (actually, it works better to communicate what areas are clear, as you can never see everything). No need to duplicate effort on each side, so each firefighter should "leapfrog" each other when it comes to pulling plastic. If you are going to remove the roof, cut the pillars as high as possible, it makes the roof lighter and less jagged material to pass through the PT area. Cutting the crumple zone is a parking lot hack. If the dash is displaced, the crumple zone has already been activated and a hinge zone has been created by the impact. When making the relief cut in the A pillar, watch the steering wheel on the drivers side, the dash on the passenger side... if you see it rise and fall an inch or two, your cut was successful and you can displace the dash, if not, make another deeper cut. Im unclear why all the effort into removing quarter panels, seems like a waste of time. Dont get in the habbit of running one tool at a time. If one FF is spreading a door off, the other should be prepping the roof and cutting hinges. When the spreader passes the C pillar, give a squeeze, so the cutter can get it in one go. When cutting the lower A pillar, position the tool perpendicular to the vehicle, this will reduce the likelyhood of the tool rolling into the seat... the PT will appreciate it. Learn to "see" through all the HVAC garbage in the center console. If you have a basic idea what the anatomy is, you can blow right through it with the spreaders, grab the HVAC subframe, and push all of it to the nose of the vehicle. You only need to displace a dash a few inches, get in the habit of using the spreaders on one side and the ram on the other (non egress side if one PT)... this will double the force going into the dash and help you overcome stronger transverse columns.
We are taught not to use our gloves to clear the glass. We use a tool or similar. Trying to eliminate cuts and glass stuck to your gloves.
How cars, equipment and training have changed! I love the discipline and precision of your approach. I was an ALS paramedic back in the late 70s/ early 80s in a hospital based service. We were one of very few that did our own extrication ( Fire Dep’t wasn’t interested!). Unibody and air bags weren’t a thing. When Hearst developed the jaws and cutters we ditched that terrifying K-Saw and air chisel. As we were responsible for all the medical care we occasionally did one thing differently in out training: we put one of us or our wives in the car. That took the hahoo factor down a long way, made us real careful. But then, liability wasn’t such a big thing then either! Thanks for a great video, brings back a lot of memories.
I’m having a hard time understanding why so many moves for such little work that needs to be done
I only clicked on the video to comment how the title says 8 minutes, yet the video is over 40 minutes long smh either the title is a lie or there's too much talking and not enough action.
Please use ear protection when popping tires
This guy should come to Australia to learn some techniques and safety
The battery terminals should be cut 1st to avoid a fire from starting .you should also stand clear when cutting or spreading.
Great job. Very detailed explanations and showing each step.
Like how you walked through and explained then demonstrated. Great training thanks
Excellent!
Great Job. I really enjoyed watching this video. I love efficiency and I feel you have definitely hit the mark. Extrication can be very tricky and not all extrication jobs are the same. I live in South Florida and we perform extrication on a regular basis. I have taken some of this and gone over with my crew. Thank you.
I’ll never need to know any of this but it’s fascinating and he’s good at presenting
Good job.
Awesome video guys!!
Awesome vid guys.......am just a rookie trying to lesrn more
thanks really helpfull
What a great teacher!