ADVANCED  EXTRICATION  DVD

BY  STARFIRE  DIRECTOR  LEIGH  HOLLINS  

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 VIDEO  REVIEWS

1st Responder Magazine - April, 2002

By John M. Malecky

Book/Video Critic

SCHOOL BUS EXTRICATION
By Leigh T. Hollins

This video is approximately 40 minutes in length. The instructor is
a battalion chief with the Cedar Hammock Fire Rescue in Manatee County,
Florida. He is the co-owner/director of STARFIRE Training Systems, Inc.
He has taught school bus extrication since 1994 and the presentation is a
professional one accompanied by footage from places such as Phoenix,
Arizona and vicinity showing operations.

Items touched on include figures and statistics regarding accidents,
the different types of school buses and the characteristics which make
them different, problems that can be encountered at such emergencies,
features and construction of different buses and tactics that can be used
for rescue and extrication. It is amazing to note how school buses are
used especially after their use associated with schools is over, when
they are older. In my department our first hazmat truck was going to be
an old school bus that would be converted by the shop. But there were
some problems that were encountered which made the project cost
prohibitive.

This video, of course is designed for training purposes and it is an
excellent one for that. I understand there is at least one other video
out on the market which addresses school bus emergencies but I have not
seen it.

No matter how many auto and truck extrications a person may have
responded to and worked at, it's a different "ball game" when it comes to
buses, especially school buses. It just about goes without saying that
this would be a vital video for a fire department training center or
reasonable facsimile.

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School Bus Fleet Magazine - February 2002

Industry News pg. 19

'School Bus Extrication'

Published by Pennwell’s Fire Engineering Books and Videos, “School Bus Extrication” is a technical video explaining the step-by-step approach to successful rescues at school bus crash sites. It stresses the idea that, although vehicle accidents occur at an alarming rate every day, most people never consider the possibility of buses being involved in accidents.

The video states that there are approximately 16,000 school bus collisions annually, causing more than 12,000 injuries and 130 deaths. Emergency responders who may be well trained in car and light truck extrication techniques will be confronted with a much different challenge at a school bus accident.

As an instructional tool, “School Bus Extrication” is designed to teach firefighters and other emergency rescue personnel specific methods of school bus extrication. The video was developed and hosted by Leigh T. Hollins, battalion chief with Cedar Hammock Fire and Rescue in Manatee County, Fla. Hollins introduces viewers to common situations that happen at bus accidents, problems that arise and the potential for multiple casualties.

There is also a technical evaluation of bus types and construction that make school bus extrication different from other vehicles. Hollins outlines various rescue and extrication techniques and ends the video with considerations on incident preparation. The video is approximately 40 minutes long.