Presentations and Training

Train the Trainer - Hybrid/New Vehicle Technology for First Responders

This course is designed as a Train the Trainer class and is intended as the most in-depth way to enable a training officer to present accurate information to their department. Students who attend TTT are given a printed copy of the presentation, access to materials on our instructors page where they can find slides, photos and videos to aid in developing customized presentations, and continued support from MGS Tech Instructors. Topics include: Basic electrical theory, Approach tactics, Voltage hazards, Parts locations, Power down procedures, Fire/submersion procedures, EV/alternative fuels, SRS types, locations and power downs, HID lighting hazards, etc.

Course Hours: 8 Hours

Limited to 100 Students

Hybrid/New Vehicle Technology: Safety for Law Enforcement

This course, geared specifically towards law enforcement and agencies first-on-scene, will provide vital information about potential vehicle hazards, methods to avoid injures, dispel myths, assist with event reconstruction, and bridge the gap between PD and FD. Topics include: Basic electrical theory, Approach tactics, Voltage hazards, Parts locations, Power down procedures, Fire/submersion procedures, EV/alternative fuels, SRS types, locations and power downs, HID lighting hazards, etc.

Course Hours: 4 Hours

Limited to 100 Students

Patient Vehicle Movement

Most extrication incidents can be mitigated with common initial plans, including some form of a side, roof or tunnel tactic. But when those initial plans fail to provide a suitable path of egress, you’ll need to put into action your secondary disentanglement plan.  The development of these plans should begin with the dispatch information provided and continue throughout the incident, adjusting to fit responders’ needs.One potential secondary disentanglement plan involves moving the patient vehicle before the patient is extricated. Although this tactic is seldom required, when it is needed, it can prove invaluable. Topics include: Lifting strut movements, Winch operations, Basic mechanical movement, Patient treatment, etc.

Course Hours: 16 Hours

Limited to 40 Students

Down in the Ditch

This course covers the topic of vehicles that come to rest in different positions in ditches of different sizes and configurations. Although this topic has received little attention over the years from the extrication community, local responders constantly find themselves facing these incidents. Instruction will cover scene assessment, set up, hazard control, and advanced techniques such as Hercules, Darlington Roll, tunneling, floorboard operations, etc.

Course Hours: 16 Hours

Limited to 40 Students

School Bus Extrication

This course provides a basis for responding to such incidents and is a necessary component of any advanced level responder’s training. There are a number of different types and sizes of buses traveling the streets and highways throughout North America. These vehicles all share certain characteristics, but each type is also unique in some ways. Conducting safe and efficient extrication operations at bus collisions depends largely upon the extent to which rescue personnel know these vehicles and what to expect when they are faced with a collision involving one.

Course Hours: 16 Hours

Limited to 40 Students

Lift Bag Operations

This course provides a basis for responding to incidents that require the use of lifting bags and is a necessary component of any advanced level responder’s training. Lifting Bag Systems are multi-application, portable inflation systems used for lift and displacement of heavy rigid objects, up to 146,000 pounds while requiring less than 1 inch of bag insertion clearance. Lifting Bag Systems are designed for use in emergency situations such as building collapse, structural containment, vehicular extrications, industrial entrapment, and excavation collapse and containment. Properly using lift bag systems and following safety rules are vital to a safe and effective operation.

Course Hours: 16 Hours

Limited to 40 Students

Industrial and Agricultural Vehicle Extrication

The variety of shapes and sizes of industrial and agricultural vehicles is almost endless. New types of vehicles and improved models of existing vehicles are continually being introduced. These vehicles are as varied as the tasks they are designed to perform. They range from small farm tractors to huge earthmovers used in construction and mining. To add to the challenge of extrication involving these vehicles, the incident scene may be on a construction site, inside a vast industrial complex, etc.

Course Hours: 12 Hours

Limited to 40 Students

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Mission Statement: The Darlington County Extrication Team is committed to furthering the response capabilities of local emergency responders by purchasing specialty equipment not commonly available for emergency use, providing local departments and industry training, and furthering our skills and knowledge through competitions and learning symposiums.

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