On May 23rd we will focus on airbags and alternate lifting methods. We will start the night by spending some time to review these different tools and their capabilities. It is extremely important to understand what it means when an airbag has 10-ton, 20-ton, or 30-ton stamped on it. Can you lift this much and if so, how high? What about cribbing? Can a standard piece of 4” X 4” cribbing carry the load of a 10-ton, 20-ton, or 30-ton airbag? We will cover this along with utilizing other tools including bottle jacks and Paratech struts.

This will be a hands-on class and to ensure all participants get adequate time we are limiting the attendance to 50. If there is enough interest, we will do another class later on down the road.

Timeline of events:

18:00 – Introduction

18:15 – Tool Lab

19:00 – Break up into scenarios

21:00 – Clean up

Things to note:

• Address: Palmer Township Training Grounds, 1391 Lehigh Dr, Easton PA 18045

(See attached map)

• Start Time: 18:00

• Donation: $20.00 per person

• Gear: turnout gear, rescue\USAR, eye protection, steel toed boots, gloves, helmets

• A hold harmless will be required at time of check in.

Lehigh Valley Rescue is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization that operates solely off of donations. These donations are currently being used to cover operational expenses that we are incurring (i.e. Insurance, website, etc), but will help us with equipment we would like to purchase, and classes going forward. Our instructors are not being paid for their time and expertise.

We are requesting all that are attending to sign up on our website by clicking on the blue button above or below. A small $20 dollar donation is requested and can be paid at the door. This is a requested donation. No firefighter will be denied entry if they do not have the means for the donation.

Thank You!

Lehigh Valley Rescue