Training Minutes: Firefighter Rescue from Below-Grade Situations

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In this Training Minutes video, Dan DiRenzo discusses how to incorporate the personal harness when sending a firefighter through a hole in a floor to rescue a firefighter trapped below.

These videos are for training demonstration purposes only. When you perform these techniques at emergency scenes and evolutions, be sure to wear full PPE and adhere to your agency’s procedures and policies. This video originally ran on the Fire Engineering site in 2010.

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