Elevator Rescue: Gaining Entry Via the Top Hatch
Mike Dragonetti and company demonstrate accessing and removing a patient trapped in an elevator through the top hatch.
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Elevator Rescue: Preferred Entry Method
Mike Dragonetti and company discuss the preferred entry method for making an elevator rescue and the importance of setting up a fall arrest system.
Elevator Rescue: Down and Dirty Fall Arrest
Mike Dragonetti and company discuss a simple way of setting up a fall arrest/fall restraint system for removing trapped patients from the top of an elevator.
Elevator Rescue: Rope Gripper Entrapment
Mike Dragonetti discusses operating safely while around a Rope Gripper and two methods of mitigating an entrapment situation.
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Training Minutes: Elevator Rescue: Anatomy of the Rope Gripper
Mike Dragonetti of Dragon Rescue Management reviews the Hollister-Whitney Rope Gripper, a failsafe device that can help increase elevator safety.
What’s in Your Elevator Response Bag?
Michael Dragonetti outlines the tools you should have for elevator rescue, how to use them, alternative methods to accomplish certain tasks, and additional training.
Training Minutes: Spotting the Elevator
Mike Dragonetti, Greg McGovern, and Danny Rinaldi discuss the use of a laser tape measure to spot the elevator's location in the elevator shaft.
Training Minutes: Is the Power Off to the Elevator?
In this Training Minutes video on elevator rescue, Mike Dragonetti and company review ways of ensuring that an elevator's power is off.
Elevator Rescue: Securing Power
Mike Dragonetti and Derek Thomas of Dragon Rescue Management review how firefighters can secure elevator power in the machine room safely.
Elevator Rescue: Securing the Elevator Car Mechanically
Mike Dragonetti and company demonstrate methods to secure an elevator car mechanically and minimize or prevent movement in cases of emergency.
Training Minutes: Elevator Rescue: The Door Motor
Mike Dragonetti reviews another method for opening elevator doors during a rescue situation.
Elevator Rescue: Door Restrictors
Mike Dragonetti of Dragon Rescue Management discusses issues connected with door restrictors in elevators.
