FirefightersVehicle extrication: Move or remove the steering wheel or column (mother and family, night)
Move or remove the steering wheel or column. A mother and her family are trapped: one to five people with her, a different number each time you play. It happens at night. As part of a team, with stabilization and extrication tools, you free a victim trapped in a motor vehicle: the vehicle is stabilized, the victim is disentangled without further injury and the hazards are managed. It is station 5-7 of Ohio's Firefighter II practical exam (NFPA 1001 5.4.1).
Free to startThis scenario
- Move or remove the steering wheel or column.
- A mother and her family are trapped: one to five people with her, a different number each time you play.
- It happens at night.
The steps
- Stabilize the vehicle with the right cribbing or shoring and assess whether hazards must be isolated.
- Operate the hand and power tools for forcible entry and rescue as designed.
- Choose and apply the right technique for the operation in the scenarios.
- No unsafe act during the evaluation.
To pass
- All 4 steps.
- Extrication here means giving the medical crew access to the victim, stabilizing the vehicle, moving or removing the parts in the way, and protecting the victim and the crew; the medical care itself is not evaluated.
- The evaluator can stop the station at any time for an unsafe act.
Official source
Firefighter II Practical Examination Skill Sheets (EMS 5920)
Ohio publishes every Firefighter II skill sheet free: the steps, the critical points and the minimum to pass.
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