[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

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