[0:00] hi I'm Edina city manager Scott Neil and [0:02] you're watching on the job a show where [0:04] we take you behind the scenes to [0:05] introduce you to the city employees that [0:07] keep Adina going and show you some [0:09] things you can only learn on the job [0:20] [Music] [0:39] you're joining me today at the South [0:41] Metro Public Safety Training Facility [0:43] and we are going to see the use of [0:45] extrication tools uh in a training in a [0:48] training setting and with me today I [0:50] have Josh Link josh hey good to see you [0:53] good to see Josh is a captain in our [0:55] fire department uh and he's going to [0:56] tell us a little bit about how we do [0:58] this and why we do this but before we do [1:01] that let's learn a little bit about who [1:02] you are how long have you worked here [1:05] what do you do that kind of thing uh [1:07] yeah started back here in 2010 as a [1:11] firefighter paramedic uh now promoted to [1:14] a captain uh my job is basically [1:17] supervisor of the shift uh we're in [1:19] charge of on the engine anything other [1:22] than a medical and we also come and help [1:23] on the more serious medicals okay uh and [1:26] then the hardest workers on the fire [1:27] department the paramedics are riding [1:29] around on ambulances and also doing [1:31] these kind of things so they do the [1:32] paramedic thing and any and all fire [1:35] stuff okay what are the unique things [1:36] about Identifier so we're going to learn [1:38] today how and why we use extrication [1:42] tools we used to call them jaws of life [1:44] and that was kind of the omnibus term [1:47] for that uh but these aren't the same [1:49] kind of tools as you use probably in [1:51] 2010 right the the basic skeleton is the [1:54] same as it always has been we used to [1:56] have to have a small uh like generator [2:00] size hydraulic pump these big long hoses [2:02] that were super stiff and coily and hard [2:04] to control and they weren't as long as [2:06] we would like them to be and then we'd [2:08] have these big machines that weighed [2:10] anywhere from 60 to over 100 lb they've [2:13] gotten way better they're way faster [2:15] they're easier to use and they're more [2:17] powerful so so normally in this show [2:19] this is about the time where I ask you [2:21] if I can do your job and you say yes uh [2:23] I'm on the injured reserve today because [2:25] I got a bad elbow uh using these tools [2:28] requires kind of a full you know full [2:30] strength so uh we're going to observe [2:33] this and commentate on it and you can [2:34] tell me how it's done okay okay all [2:36] right let's go do it [2:43] all right Josh so this we're going to [2:45] simulate uh an event where you're trying [2:47] to get somebody out of a car right this [2:50] is probably happening you know on the [2:52] edge of 494 and people are driving by [2:54] and and they're not paying attention so [2:57] you've got that kind of dangerous uh [2:59] happening but what happens now to to try [3:02] to get somebody out cuz you got to work [3:04] around a person in there normally right [3:05] right you touched on a couple things [3:06] that are important these almost never [3:08] happen in a convenient location and they [3:11] all frequently happen in areas of [3:12] high-speed roadway and it's easy to [3:14] think of all the dangerous things that [3:16] firefighters do but one that doesn't [3:17] come to mind a lot is how much time we [3:19] spend on the side of a road where people [3:21] are whipping by uh so today we're going [3:23] to do three different things uh a very [3:25] common scenario would be the car is so [3:27] damaged that we can't get the person out [3:29] now often times if it's that damaged [3:31] they're also injured so we're taking [3:33] precautions to protect them we're also [3:35] doing this big heavy operation bernie on [3:37] the right with the yellow helmet he's [3:38] holding uh what has often been called [3:40] the Jaws of Life turn those Bernie so [3:41] people can see them from the side open [3:43] and close we have them now on battery [3:45] power same uh similar batteries to your [3:47] cordless drills so they're super quick [3:50] and easy to use and they're much lighter [3:51] but it's the same the tip of it is the [3:53] same as it always has been and then uh [3:56] Pete he has a big giant cutter [3:59] and I understand uh these are two of our [4:01] best guys is that right uh there's [4:03] nobody better nobody better to get these [4:06] doors open sometimes takes a heck of a [4:07] lot more than the 30 seconds you're [4:09] going to see these guys do they've done [4:11] some of the pre-work so that we could [4:12] streamline this part of it but uh [4:14] they're going to do the fun part right [4:16] now go ahead Bernie let's see it [4:20] [Music] [4:33] [Applause] [4:36] so you spread it stick them in a little [4:38] further spread it some more is that kind [4:40] of the technique we like to do lots of [4:42] small motions so we don't tear the sheet [4:45] metal until you get to the actual hard [4:47] striker part where the latch is and once [4:49] you get access to that and you have a [4:51] good purchase then you have your fun and [4:53] you bust it okay it breaks the actual [4:55] latch that's what we're trying to do not [4:57] rip metal [4:59] so the next thing we're going to do uh [5:01] imagine a scenario where we can't use [5:03] doors for whatever reason there's a [5:05] million of them and we'll take the whole [5:06] top of the car off just make it into a [5:08] convertible okay this is the fire [5:10] department chop top experiment okay okay [5:14] go ahead with that one Pete now they've [5:16] done some preliminary work here too as [5:17] well uh two or three people that are [5:20] really uh working well together can get [5:22] this done in definitely under five [5:25] minutes if it's not complicated by other [5:27] factors and they were doing some of that [5:29] in the background where we were having [5:30] our initial discussion and they're [5:32] making the final cuts right now so you [5:34] have you know you've got not only you've [5:36] got cars and trucks buzzing by you you [5:38] got somebody in here who's injured but [5:41] you've got all kinds of other hazards [5:43] right so you lotges you can see airbags [5:47] exactly there's airbags now there's so [5:49] many they're in the pillars that these [5:51] guys are cutting so their cuts are [5:53] actually very uh calculated as to where [5:56] they're making the cuts okay so here we [5:58] have they're pulling it off yeah now the [6:00] roof is off we put it out of the way [6:02] someplace safe and now we have access to [6:04] patients that may be trapped if we use [6:06] our imagination that these doors aren't [6:08] available for us to use [6:10] so what are we going to see they're kind [6:12] of setting up some something here next [6:14] what are we going to see next well I [6:15] wanted to also demonstrate one of many [6:18] things that we can use these same tools [6:20] for that are maybe a little less [6:21] conventional or what maybe people don't [6:23] think of when they think of the quote [6:25] jaws of life okay it used to be that if [6:27] we were going to use these tools we [6:29] would need like a 10-minute setup time [6:31] now we can have one of these in service [6:33] in about 60 seconds from the time we [6:36] arrive on scene so in this case say we [6:38] have a scenario where somebody's pinned [6:40] under a vehicle we need to lift that [6:42] vehicle off of them we need to do it [6:43] quickly and we need to do it in a way [6:45] that we can capture our progress before [6:48] it lands back down and then hurts the [6:49] person okay and what you see here are [6:51] these uh simple 4x4 pieces of wood with [6:54] uh streamlined carrying handles on there [6:57] that's called cribbing and what we do is [6:59] uh we have a saying in the fire service [7:01] lift an inch crib an inch we're going to [7:04] lift it and as Bernie on the right is [7:06] lifting with the tool Pete is adding in [7:09] wood as it goes up so that if something [7:11] goes wrong with the tool it can't fall [7:14] back down [7:15] [Music] [7:22] let's see guys that should probably be [7:23] good you can set her down on it [7:29] and then as you can see then we could [7:30] add another block under Bernie's tool [7:32] and keep working our way up if you look [7:34] right by Bernie's right foot there we [7:36] have close to getting close to a foot of [7:38] a lift there but you have to crawl under [7:40] there and maybe drag somebody out right [7:42] we may have to so we don't want to be [7:44] going under there without having some [7:46] degree of safety the best we can do [7:48] given the situation [7:50] [Music] [7:56] so Josh uh what do you think is [7:58] important for our viewers to take away [8:01] from from this this uh show today well I [8:05] think uh an important one is if you see [8:07] an incident on the side of the road we [8:08] we could really use your help the public [8:12] is if you see it please move over as far [8:15] away as possible as you pass so we want [8:17] people to pay attention to that right [8:19] and understand that it's dangerous work [8:21] right and you guys do a lot of things [8:22] that are dangerous but on the side of [8:23] the road is really something we ought to [8:25] pay more attention to we don't want to [8:27] block traffic and make you late but we [8:29] also want to make sure everybody goes [8:30] home safe yeah well I want to thank you [8:32] for taking time out and putting this all [8:34] together so that we can uh do this show [8:35] today and talk about fire not only [8:38] firefighter safety but also the safety [8:39] of our public as they travel through our [8:41] town so thank you for taking the time to [8:43] do it much appreciated you've been [8:45] watching On the Job a show where we take [8:47] you behind the scenes to introduce you [8:48] to the city employees that keep Adana [8:50] going and show you some things that can [8:52] only be learned on the job [9:03] [Music] [9:12] scott Neil [9:16] i am recording why don't we do that by [9:18] the way we don't have one of those slate [9:21] things a slate we used to like way back [9:23] in the day when we really were sinking [9:25] three cameras and it's all that's so [9:28] okay so 1987 pretentious pretentious [9:32] [Music]