On Wednesday, July 30th,2014 the members of the Avondale Fire Company went to Blittersdorf's salvage yard in Toughkenamon to practice their Vehicle Rescue skills. Blittersdorf's set up 3 vehicles, 1 on its wheels, 1 on its side, and 1 on its roof. Crews practiced stabilization using wood cribbing and rescue struts, along with patient extrication using our " Jaws of Life" and some hand tools.
A special thank you to Mike and Tom Blittersdorf, the owners of Blittersdorf's towing, for donating vehicles, and allowing us to use their yard for this training.
Units:
Rescue 23, Squad 23, Traffic 23, Engine 23-2
Crews and tools in staging
Crews working on extrication with a vehicle on its side
LT23-A, Hoseman 23, and Saftey 23
Past Chief Decker, and Saftey 23 setting up the rescue struts.
Roof removal on the vehicle on its side
Crews working on stabilizing a vehicle on its roof
