Training Minutes: Splitting Cars

Firefighters flake out hoselines to navigate between parked cars

In this Training Minutes video, Columbus (OH) Fire Lt. Steven Robertson and company demonstrate getting the working length of a Minuteman load past parked vehicles so firefighters can operate effectively.

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