1 / 20

Boone County Fire Protection District

Vehicle Extrication. Boone County Fire Protection District. What’s your size-up?. Dispatch Information. Where are you going? What are you going for? Who is coming with you? What did the dispatcher tell you?. Stats. 2012 3 Extrication Accidents 48 Rollover Accidents. 2011

eshe
Download Presentation

Boone County Fire Protection District

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. Vehicle Extrication Boone County Fire Protection District

  2. What’s your size-up?

  3. Dispatch Information • Where are you going? • What are you going for? • Who is coming with you? • What did the dispatcher tell you?

  4. Stats • 2012 • 3 Extrication Accidents • 48 Rollover Accidents • 2011 • 14 Extrication Accidents • 111 Rollover Accidents

  5. Personal Protective Equipment • Turnout Pants • Turnout Coat • Traffic Vest • Helmet • Gloves • Eye Protection • Hearing Protection • Respiratory Protection

  6. Sequence from Arrival • Primary size-up • Secondary size-up • Hose line pulled • Vehicle stabilization • Battery access • Patient access • Tool application • Patient packaging • Patient transport • Demobilization • Rehab Equipment

  7. Primary Size-up • Arrival on scene • Description of the vehicle • How many vehicles are involved? • Where is the vehicle(s)? • Description of the problem • How are the vehicles positioned? • Describe the extent of damage • Any obvious threats? • Establish Command • Assign a tactical channel

  8. What’s your size-up? “Columbia from E101…”

  9. Secondary Size-up • Six sided survey • Warm Zone survey and Hot Zone survey • Benchmarks: • “Columbia 360 Complete…” • Announce any additional information from the Primary Size-up • Announce your incident strategy • Command Post location

  10. Secondary Size-up Considerations: • Weather • Lines down • Hazardous materials • Patient count (classification) • Need for additional resources • Ambulances • Rescue Squads • Traffic Management (Formal) • Must happen on all incidents lasting longer than 30 minutes • MODOT notification

  11. Hot Zone • Individuals immediately engaged in extrication actives or patient care

  12. Warm Zone • Incident Command Post location • Equipment cache • Personnel staging area • Apparatus staging

  13. Cold Zone • Ambulance staging area • Media • Flaggers for traffic control zone • Personnel not directly engaged in the rescue process

  14. Temporary Traffic Control Zone • Cones • 5 on each apparatus • Emergency Traffic Signs • Blocking Apparatus • Positioning Rescue Squads and Ambulances • Requesting MODOT

  15. Reasons for Controlling Traffic • Possible secondary accidents • Two main causes of vehicle accidents • Alcohol • Cell Phones • Breedlove Close Call

  16. Vehicle Stabilization • Vehicle Type • Location • Terrain • Position

  17. Stabilization • What’s the goal? • Cribbing • 4x4’s • 2x4’s • Wedges • Paratech Struts • Come-along • Airbags

  18. What’s your size-up?

  19. Resources Websites • Fire Engineering - Extrication Zone • http://www.fireengineering.com/extrication-zone.html • FireRescue1 • http://www.firerescue1.com/extrication/ • Boron Extrication • http://boronextrication.com/ Phone/Tablet Apps • Hybrid Auto Extrication Guide (Free) • http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hybrid-auto-extrication-guide/id398905311?mt=8 • Extrication Zones Pro ($4.99) • http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/extraction-zones-pro/id446538807?mt=8T • iCRS lite USA iPhone Edition 2011 ($14.99) • http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/icrs-lite-usa-iphone-edition/id475309851?mt=8

  20. Game Plan • 10 minute break - HYDRATE • Crew 1 – Vehicle Stabilization • Crew 2 – Purchase Points • 10 min break • Scenarios • Extra tool time as time permits • Rehab Equipment

More Related