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Agricultural-type Rescue
Well Brothers & Sisters allot of us have been introduced to Ag Rescue a time or two in our careers. In this segment I'm looking to get your attention and info on the situations you have been delt and give us some insight on what works for you and what tools can be used. No matter where you are there will always be a place for this, whether in the city dealing with your commercial guys mowing or your local farmer baling hay to running that post hole digger and to the man that works at the local CO-OP...
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Permalink Reply by CHIEF NORMAN on
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In this picture lets stop and thank about what will be needed for the training dummy. As you can see he is entangled in drive line..
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Permalink Reply by Firefighter Walther on
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what exactly is going on here Chief?
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Something to add to this, If ever in doubt always have back in your mind the best person when dealing with Ag equipment falls back to the guy who works on it, sometimes having those guys at your local dealership that works on this stuff for a living are the people that should be a priority of contacts...
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Well streetking what you have here is training, we have a piece of farm equipment attached to a tractor, the same difference you might have in your area say with the tractors you see on the sides of the road mowing the bar ditches...We have drive lines between the two pieces of machinery...This drive line is either a 540 shaft or 1000 shaft, which turnes at a high revolution...Sometimes folks have accidents and get entangled in these...
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Lets look at this one...We have wood cribbing being used for safety to onscene fire personal and to assist with raising the tire. Gives a good holding zone to reconfigure and lift again...Be advised these are all training dummies
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For the rookies, you will see allot of Plain-Jane stuff being used like these treated 4 x 4 wooden planks
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Your very much right Lt. Good set of hand tools maybe just what the doctor ordered. (Wrenches, Sockets, Screwdrivers, prybars ect..ect....Sometimes it takes less time to take something apart and remove it if you have a patient, then as to cutting it...
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Air bags are asset when equipment is heavy and high, but never forget your cribbing to keep your responders safe and just incase of an air bag fails.
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Rope rescue falls into being apart of Ag Rescue when heights are a factor. Granaries pose a threat when rescue is needed. On your off time do a pre plan on something before it happens.
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Good addition Lt....
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Permalink Reply by Rusty Mancini on
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Also have the phone numbers to your local farm equipment dealer in your preplanned, they can respond certain tools that you might not ordinary carry. They are great technical advisers when needed for complicated rescues. Chief Norman, hats off to you for the great training!
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Something to consider is your riding mowers allot of us has them and even thou on a smaller version of its larger sister the ag tractor. These machines can weigh several hundred pounds if not a thousands. Allot of your same tools used for larger incidents, like jaws, rams, cutters, cribbing, and hand tools, not to exclude high lift jacks and chains, air bags and stabilizing bars / poles...
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