New Hanover Co. Fire School
Wilmington, NC

Instructors; Eric Stroud & Trey Smith

Course Description

This class will present the Technical Rescuer the hazards of vehicle rescue operations, ICS, access, disentanglement, extrication, and the post rescue phases of vehicle rescue.

This class will present the Technical Rescuer vehicle anatomy and introduce new technologies in vehicle devices which present hazards for rescue personnel. Topics included in this class are: vehicle construction, crumple zones, bumper systems, air bags, side impact protection systems, new vehicle innovations, propulsion systems, passive safety systems and active safety systems. Suggestions on how to cope with innovative vehicles to safely mitigate a modern vehicle rescue will also be discussed.

This class will present the Technical Rescuer the steps to stabilize a vehicle on four wheels, a side-resting vehicle and a roof-resting vehicle. The Technical Rescuer will also be introduced to procedures for the following: opening a jammed door using a hinge attack and a latch attack, how to create a third door, total door removal, sidewall removal, working with a collapsed roof, creating the roof flap, C-B-A roof pillar cut, procedures for total roof removal, trunk tunneling, through the floor access, how to displace a steering column, dash roll, removal and/or relocation of pedals, and how to remove and/or relocate seats.

This class will present the Technical Rescuer construction style and use of school, mass transit, and tour buses. The class will offer additional information on how to organize size-up, gaining access, vehicle stabilization, enlarging openings, disentanglement of victims, extrication techniques, and post rescue operations. The Technical Rescuer will be introduced to methods to control electrical, fuel, fire, traffic, A/C, and engine hazards.

This class will present the Technical Rescuer with proper methods for the movement of patients from a hazardous situation while focusing on the safety and well being of the patients and rescuers. Stabilizing the situation, gaining access, packaging, and removal patients from vehicle and machinery rescue incidents will be emphasized in this course.