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Posted July 25, 2004 · Photos by Fritz Rethage
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HHFD Heavy Rescue
"Jaws of Life"

**"Jaws of Life" training held on July 11, 2004**
1. Story and equipment 2. Blue car: Removing front doors 3. Blue car: Removing rear doors 4. Blue car: Removing glass, roof, breaking frame & opening hood 5. Yellow truck: Removing doors 6. Yellow truck: Removing glass and roof 7. Yellow truck: Extracting victim Mpeg movies included: Blue car [Rear door] [Cutting hood open] Yellow truck [Door] [Cutting windshield #1] [Cutting windshield #2]

Removing the windshield glass

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Removing the roof

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Note that the roof is supported as the cutting process continues
so that the roof doesn't collapse on the trapped victims.
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To protect the victims and rescure workers, sleeves cover the exposed roof supports.
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Breaking the frame

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Once the frame is broken, hydraulic ram presses on each side of the vehicle to force the dashboard/steering column forward allowing the victim to be extracted.

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Cutting open the hood

Mpeg movie [Cutting hood open] 1 meg

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