Lot's of Monday morning quarterbacks are quick to through "
OSHA" into the mix. However
OSHA standards; when it comes to most PPE is more or less geared towards cuts and punctures, rather than flame protection.
People need to realize that because of some departments (those with a high activity level) and modern technology (resident buff photographers), people who are competent and capable at their job; are too often thrust into a "fish bowl" for all to see.
Many people pick apart said operation. Afterall, their not doing the same level of activity, so why not pick apart those that are?
There are firefighters in this County that I would put up against anyone. And there are also plenty of fresh air firefighters that have been hiding in backyards their whole career - who have a lot to say.
In 71 departments things are done right, wrong and most of all ... in a way that WORKS for each particular outift.
There are departments that cut peaked roofs for content basement fires.
It's kind of accepted that right, wrong or indifferent - it's just their way of doing things and we leave it at that.
So for the people who are sitting around wondering if their even going to get a chance to use a Hurst tool this year, instead of picking apart the operations and use (or lack thereof) of PPE - rather take some time to consider that some pretty experienced people knew enough to keep their feet out of harms way while using the tool. They also knew to look away from what they were cutting or spreading once the tool came under pressure.
Most of all they also had the patient out of the car within 10 minutes.
What works in some swanky department that has 2 fires a year (in a good year) and has a 4 million dollar budget is done that way because it's what works for them.
But because that way doesn't work in other places doesn't always mean that it's wrong. Things are done differently in different places because it has been proven to work for that place and that place alone.
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