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Grain Bin Rescue
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George, to bad your not on the Illinois side, we/mabas could CYA, having 43 technical rescue teams across the state. Your talking about high angle rescue and it's not for the untrained. Best bet is to send a couple of guy's to the 2-40hr classes(I...
yesterday
Sure, the rope team is an option, but you can also utilize your first due truck company. This was our first option at a grain bin situation where the owner had a cardiac in the bin. Package in a stokes, pass him out to the truck company and the re...
on Friday
just lookd it up its club foot by kasabain
November 12
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Our fire district includes many sq. miles of rural row crop farming area. Traditional grain bins in the 5k to 15k bushel size are common. Our department has hosted state taught classes on grain bin rescue, but they only cover the buried in/under g...
October 28
An album by George Shaw was featured
Running off air till the alarm sounds, who can make it the longest???
September 3
George Shaw added 6 photos to the album 'Cadet program air pack training'
September 2
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Cadets from Shenandoah, Red Oak, and Essex in action. Footage taken June 6th 2009 in Shenandoah Iowa.
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Hometown:
Shenandoah, Iowa
I Live: (City, State)
Shenandoah, Iowa
Years in Fire/EMS:
7
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Married
Primary Fire/EMS Department:
Shenandoah Fire & Rescue
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Fire/Rescue Department - Volunteer, Fire/Rescue Department - Paid
Rank/Role There:
Secretary / Treasurer, Firefighter / EMT-Basic
Years With This Department/Agency
7
Dept. Web Site:
http://www.shenandoahfiredepartment.com
Wow...what a relief...........passed the NREMT exam!!!! (6/9/09)

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At 5:42pm on January 4, 2009, Ty M. Davison said…
George check out "Playground Drill" on this site. This is exactly what I had in mind for the playground out at the K-8 school.
At 12:15pm on September 12, 2007, rex martin said…
Hi George,
Nice photos. Where is Shenandoah? My brother-in-law is a firefighter in Marshalltown and my two stepsons run a railroad out of Cedar Rapids.
Be safe!
rex
 
 

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