Tisbury firefighters hold drill

  • Source: Martha's Vineyard Times
  • Published: 02/20/2020 01:06 PM

Tisbury firefighters trained with stabilizing jacks Wednesday night behind the town’s emergency services building. The jacks are used to prop and secure vehicles after crashes and in other emergency situations. Using a donated Nissan Maxima and a donated Range Rover, a simulated t-bone crash resulting in a keeled vehicle was set up. A dummy victim was placed behind the steering wheel of the Maxima, which was at roughly a 20 degree tilt against the front of the Range Rover. The challenge for firefighters then became: “How do you get an injured person out of a vehicle at that angle?” Fire Chief John Schilling asked. He added that extraction must maintain “spinal immobilization,” so the task is delicate despite the heavy rescue tools at play.



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