Power Saw Tips: What's Wrong In This Picture?

Brotherhood Instructors' latest post over at FireEMSBlogs.com has a few good tips to be aware of regarding saws.

What do you notice wrong in this picture?

Read more at "Power Saw Tips" to see if you are correct.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Armstrong on March 4, 2011 at 6:27pm

Why would he want to reachacross to the other side of the saw to pull the cord?

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Permalink Reply by Richard Armstrong on March 4, 2011 at 6:37pm

Now that I have read it's a good tip because I thought it was designed to have a foot in there and I'll bet it's a misconception on alot of peoples parts that it was for that.I still think that I am right in what I said starting it from the far side reaching over top putting yourself over top of the bar but just wasn't what they wanted to hear.

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Permalink Reply by Shareef Abdu Nur on March 6, 2011 at 4:28pm

We instruct our members to start all of our saws by kneeing one knee on the back of the motor housing, holding the handle w/ one hand, and then pulling the cord w/ the other hand. We also advise them to start the saws on the ground first to ensure they are working, shut them off, carry them up to the roof, and then start them again.