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Team-Based Palm Tree Rescue

Do you have palm trees in your response area? If so, do you know how to perform a team-based tree rescue? Much has been written on the subject, but rescuers still find it a difficult incident type. Tom Pendley provides a step-by-step, role-by-role look at a team-based palm tree rescue operation.
(Wednesday, May 15, 2013) read
Tags: crown, Desert Fan Palm, fronds, high directionals, skirt, Team-Based Palm Tree Rescue, trimmer, Strategy and Tactics, Special Operations
Special Operations
Spreading Knowledge about the Use of Tourniquets: The Fire Service’s Role

Tourniquets save lives; the proof is in the lives of thousands of soldiers who have survived devastating injuries in the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Yet most communities have no educational awareness program dedicated to the use of tourniquets and civilian treatment of blast injuries. Perhaps it’s time the fire service changed that.
(Saturday, May 4, 2013) read
Tags: blast injury, blood loss control, bombing, Boston explosion, boston marathon explosion, CAT, IED, improvised explosive device, tourniquet, Fire Prevention and Education
Technical Rescue-USAR
Tech Rescue Photos & Tactical Tips

FireRescue technical editors Andy Speier, Les Baker and Tom Pendley review photos that display various technical rescue scenarios and provide their advice on how to successfully operate on the rescue ground.
(Friday, May 3, 2013) read
Tags: extrication, feed mill, mudslide, photo essay, recovery, rescue operations, Rope Rescue, search and rescue, Stabilization, tactical tips, technical rescue, Special Operations
Special Operations
Self-Deployment Issues & Information

Greg Jakubowski addresses the fact that no matter how bad an incident seems (and how badly we want to go), self-deploying to an incident happens completely outside of any organized incident management system, and offers advice on what first responders can do to help in these situations.
(Thursday, April 18, 2013) read
Tags: self-deployment, self-dispatch, Command and Leadership
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Washington Island Landslide Affects 34 Homes

Residents of a hillside overlooking scenic Puget Sound heard the thunder of a large landslide early Wednesday that knocked one home off its foundation, and isolated or threatened more than two dozen others on Whidbey Island, about 50 miles north of Seattle.
(Wednesday, March 27, 2013) read
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