[Auto Extrication Class]
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TODAY AT THE JEFFERSON PARISH FIRE TRAINING CENTER, WE ARE DOING AUTO EXTRICATION.
IT IS A CLASS BEING DONE BY THE FIRE AND TRAINING INSTITUTE FROM BAT ROUGE.
HOW LONG IT GONNA TAKE YOU TO GET THIS DOOR OPEN? OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE TRAINING TO BE PREPARED TO USE THE TOOLS THAT WE DON'T USE EVERY DAY.
ALL OUR RESCUE SQUADS HAVE THE TOOLS THAT THEY ARE USING OUT HERE, THE JAWS OF LIFE.
PRETTY MUCH MORE TOOLS IN OUR, IN OUR HANDBAG.
WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TAUGHT TO DO IS TO REMOVE THE CAR FROM THE VICTIM, NOT THE VICTIM FROM THE CAR.
TODAY IS BASICALLY SIMPLE EXTRICATION.
THEY'LL BE CUT SOME WINDOWS OUT, BREAKING WINDOWS, STABILIZING VEHICLES, OPENING DOORS.
AS WE PROGRESS, WE'LL GET MORE TO TECHNICAL CARS WILL BE OVERTURNED, MAKING THE EXTRICATION A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER ON OUR FIREFIGHTERS, THEY'RE TEACHING US NEW WAYS OF EXTRICATING VICTIMS AND NEW TOOLS.
DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT WAYS OF CUT ON CARS, DIFFERENT ACCESS POINTS, PURCHASE POINTS TO BETTER ACCESS VEHICLES AND PATIENTS.
TO EXTRACT THEM A LITTLE BIT FASTER THAN WHAT WE LEARNED IN THE PAST.
IT'S NOT JUST GETTING THERE AND OPENING UP A CAR DOOR.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE METHOD OF IMPACT WHERE THE PATIENT IS IN THE CAR.
THAT MEANS A LOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT PERSON OUT THAT CAR AND NOT INJURE THEM ANY MORE THAN THEY INJURED FROM THE ACCIDENT THAT THEY WERE INVOLVED IN.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S THREE PARTS TO A DOOR, RIGHT, ACTUALLY FOUR.
THE WIRING HARNESS, THE TOP HENS, THE BOTTOM HINGE, AND THE DOOR HANGER.
I'VE BEEN OUT HERE ALL WEEK AND ACTUALLY LEARNED SOME DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES THAT I HAD NEVER SEEN IN 27 YEARS.
WE HAD A GUY THAT WAS ONLY ON A JOB THREE DAYS OUT HERE, ALL THE WAY UP TO GUYS THAT HAD 27 PLUS YEARS ON THE JOB.
SO IT'S A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE ALL THE WAY AROUND.
WE'RE ALL HERE TO DO ONE GOAL AND TO GET THE VICTIMS OUT OF THE CAR AND GET THEM HOME, OR, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS HOME SAFE.