Training Minutes: Auger Entrapment

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In this Training Minutes video on technical rescue, Mark Gregory, John Tew, and their crew deal with two types of rescue scenarios involving augers, including those involving patients trapped in snowblowers.

Mark Gregory and John Tew on saving a patient trapped in a snowblower

John Tew on rescuing a patient trapped in an auger.

Firefighters use chocks to stabilize the auger.

Mark Gregoy and John Tew of PL Vulcan on these rescue scenarios.

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