Gallery: Saving a life
Published 10:00 am Sunday, June 30, 2013
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- Firefighters Trevor DeRaad, Kurt Wallace and Jordan DeVries discuss the stabilization of a flipped Ford Escape during an extrication training Thursday in Albert Lea at Allen’s Tow ‘N Travel. The firefighters used the Escape to practice multiple rescue scenarios. — Brandi Hagen/Albert Lea Tribune
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- Trevor DeRaad, left, and Jordan DeVries work together to cut the door off of a Ford Escape during a training exercise on Thursday. — Brandi Hagen/Albert Lea Tribune
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- Trevor DeRaad of the Albert Lea Fire Department sits on the side of a flipped Ford Escape to cut the driver’s side door off during an extrication training at Allen’s Tow ‘N Travel. — Brandi Hagen/Albert Lea Tribune
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- Albert Lea firefighters tinker with an air tank connected to a suspension system Thursday afternoon. In a real situation a car would have to be stabalized in its position before any other action is taken so that unnecessary injuires are avoided. — Brandi Hagen/Albert Lea Tribune
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- After cutting into the roof of a Ford Escape, Jordan DeVries, Trevor DeRaad and Kurt Wallace peel it away from the car during an extrication training at Allen’s Tow ‘N Travel in Albert Lea on Thursday. — Brandi Hagen/Albert Lea Tribune
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- Jordan DeVries, an Albert Lea firefighter, cuts into the roof of a Ford Escape so that it could be torn off. This part of the training exercise was to practice finding a way to access car occupants in a real crash. — Brandi Hagen/Albert Lea Tribune
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- Albert Lea firefighter Kurt Wallace cuts off a portion of a steering wheel of a Ford Escape Thursday during a training exercise. — Brandi Hagen/Albert Lea Tribune
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