Blog
Read the blog posts of experts travelling the world to train and exchange knowledge with rescuers from all nationalities.
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Rescue Tool Maintenance in Times of COVID-19
14 Jan 2021As a new year has begun, we can’t help but look back at how last year was filled with unexpected and unprecedented times. Many activities around the fire house were cancelled, postponed or neglected...
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Cross ramming: An inside job
23 Nov 2020Cross ramming is a technique that involves pushing the construction of a vehicle back to its original shape as much as possible. Contrary to what the term suggests, this can not only be done with a...
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Cordless Rescue Tools: The Challenges of Battery Management
01 Nov 2020Maintenance of tools and apparatus is not a new concern for the firehouse. However, over the last couple of decades, that maintenance has begun to include even more electric powered devices. This has...
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Do you play Russian roulette?
24 Sep 2020The hidden danger of cutting in airbag cylinders When I started in the fire service about sixteen years ago we all learned: Do not cut in the airbag cylinders and stay out of the impact area of...
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Working time: How long can I work with my battery powered rescue equipment?
28 Jul 2020Even though we only very recently launched a new line of hydraulic rescue equipment with a unique and specially developed battery platform, we are already receiving many of the same questions from...
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Holmatro Pentheon Series uses New Technology: Stepless Speed Maximization
30 Jun 2020Holmatro recently launched its new Pentheon Series of cordless rescue tools. The series is designed around revolutionary, integrated hydraulic-pump technology. Patented by Holmatro, this new...
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Extrication Tango: Learning from Motorsports Rescue
28 May 2020When I started in the Fire Service about fifteen years ago the cars on the road were of a completely different quality than today’s vehicles. The method of extrication was less developed and the tools...
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Glass management is more than breaking glass
28 Apr 2020There are a lot of different ways rescuers deal with glass management at the scene of a vehicle accident with entrapment. The decision to remove or break glass is one that should center on the needs...
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Electric vehicles: More danger to rescuers?
26 Mar 2020Electric vehicles are now a common sight on every type of road and their number, including hybrids, is steadily increasing. Statistically, this means that there is a greater chance that, when an...
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Extrication training: Practice how you play
28 Feb 2020What does that mean? When sports teams practice, do they leave protective gear in the locker room? Do they omit rules just because there are no judges watching? No, they practice as if it’s a real...