Training Minutes: Tunneling Operations for Vehicle Rescue

July 19, 2016
Fire Engineering Staff
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In the first of this series of Training Minutes videos on advanced vehicle extrication, Fishers (IN) Battalion Chief Clinton Crafton and company demonstrate some of the concerns and hazards to overcome in a trunk tunneling operation.

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Clinton Crafton discusses trunk tunneling.

Using the cutter tool.

Proceeding through the trunk to work on the seats.

Advanced rescue members protected from sharp edges by protective layers.

Removing the front seat to access the patient.

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