The Contra Costa County Fire Department Sunday rescued a man who was lodged in a 16-inch underground pipe in Antioch.
It took 50 firefighters more than three hours to extricate the man, who emerged uninjured at about 9:30 p.m.
A passerby reported hearing the man in the sewer pipe, which was 15 feet underground, and contacted the fire department. No word on how or why he was in the pipe.
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Description
Instructors present challenging, difficult extrication scenarios requiring advanced skills to stabilize the vehicles, gain entry, and remove patients entrapped and entangled in the wreckage. There will be plenty of “tool time” for all students. This class is an advanced class that may include cars, SUVs, vans, and school buses. Students rotate among four stations.
Methodology
There will be a 4 station, 45 minute rotation where each group will get to experience each real world advanced extrication scenario. The instructors will preview each scene and provide guidance and instruction on how to safely, quickly, and efficiently mitigate the situation. Students can then take their knowledge back home to share with others to more efficiently deal with complex vehicle extrication scenes that occur daily.
Learning Objectives
The objectives are that upon completion of the course, each student will; – be able to ID the resources need at such incidents – be able to effectively control such a scene – be able to initiate all safety controls – be able to properly stabilize the vehicles involved – be able to have the knowledge of what tools are needed – be able to have the knowledge of what techniques to employ – be able to properly perform various advanced techniques -be able to safely remove the victims from the wreckage
