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Alabama Responders Complete Challenging Auger Rescue

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Alabama Responders Complete Challenging Auger Rescue

By Tom Vines




Rescues involving auger entrapment can be extremely daunting and intimidating calls.



(Note: A typical auger consists of a continuous corkscrew blade on a long metal shaft surrounded by a round metal tube. Augers are often used to move material such as shelled corn or grain from a lower end where the product is placed, to a higher end where it is discharged. Augers… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on October 3, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

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