Training Minutes: Underpin: Car vs. Tractor Trailer
Paul DeBartolomeo and company review removing a victim from an underpin, in which the victim is pinned between a vehicle and tractor-trailer body.
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Training Minutes: Air Bags for Lifting a Concrete Cylinder
Paul DeBartolomeo demonstrates how to use air bags to lift a concrete drainage cylinder off a victim.
Training Minutes: Victim Trapped Under Front Axle
Paul DeBartolomeo demonstrates how to use air bags to lift a vehicle off a victim who is trapped under its front axle.
Training Minutes: Air Bag for Underpin
Paul DeBartolomeo demonstrates how to use air bags to free a victim trapped between a car and the back of a tractor trailer.
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Training Minutes Revisited: Air Bags for Rescues
In this firefighter training video, Paul DeBartolomeo demonstrates how air bags can be used in some common rescue scenarios.
Training Minutes: Streamlining Your Air Bag Capabilities
Paul DeBartolomeo of the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) shows a setup for efficiently transporting air bags on the fireground.
Training Minutes Revisited: Progression Lift with Air Bags
In this Training Minutes video, Paul DeBartolomeo demonstrates how to use air bags to lift a heavy object in stages, stabilizing the object as you raise it.
Training Minutes Revisited: Multi-Point Air Bag Lift
In this Training Minutes video, Paul DeBartolomeo demonstrates using air bags at multiple points to lift a dumpster off a patient.
Training Minutes Revisited: Single-Point Air Bag Lift
In this Training Minutes video, Paul DeBartolomeo demonstrates a single-point lift, in which air bags are placed in a single location beneath the object to be lifted.
Training Minutes Revisited: Cribbing
In this Training Minutes video, Paul DeBartolomeo demonstrates building a box crib to be used in conjunction with an air bag.
Training Minutes Revisited: Air Bag System Components
In this Training Minutes video, Paul DeBartolomeo shows the various components of air bag systems and how to test the setup before use.
Training Minutes: Forcing Padlocks with Hand Tools
In this Training Minutes video, Paul DeBartolomeo and company demonstrate three different methods for manually defeating case-hardened padlocks.