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**GRABS Podcast**

GRABS Podcast: Grant Schwalbe and Justin McWilliams bringing you the stories of the victim rescues being made all over the country.

Latest Episodes:

Grabs 96 Portsmouth, VA (November 2, 2022) Dec 28, 2022

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* Ben Burkett

* 1815 Multi-Family (2 double wide trailers made into 4 apartments)

* Multiple calls and reports of people trapped

* 2 units assigned search

* 1 story, fire showing from kitchen window on D side.

* Smoke down to knee height

* Once fire knocked down zero viz

* Felt pile of clothes “Search with hands”, found an arm

* Victim-Face down, Rolled him over, 150-170lbs

* Grab-Combat challenge drag, second rescuer came to get legs

* Passed victim to EMS and went back in to search.

* Time-3 min

Grabs 95: Pompano Beach Fire, FL (July 31, 2021) Dec 09, 2022

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* Leo Rojas talks with Grant about a grab his crew made on 7/31/21

* 4:48A

* 2-3 blocks from station

* 4th fl apartment

* Larger pt-Slippery

* Quick grab and crew had to transport

Grabs 94: Decatur Fire, Alabama (June 21, 2022) Nov 25, 2022

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Grant speaks with Brewer Widner about a grab his crew make in June of 2022.

Grabs 93: South Metro Fire Rescue, CO (April 9, 2021) Nov 13, 2022

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South Metro Fire Rescue, Colorado

4/9/2021

John Spera

845P 1/2 mile from station

<6 min from on scene to transport

No reports

300 lb victim on carpet-difficulty moving

20 ft from front door

Hoarder vs Heavy Content

Grabs 92- Winchester, KY (March 18, 2022) Oct 31, 2022

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The call came out as a structure fire a little before 5 am March 18, 2022 in our first due. With the possibility of a two year old still entrapped. The structure was an apartment building in a complex that has a garden style lay out. The building was a 2 story with a subdivision floor. That has a total of 12 apartments inside the building. Dispatch gave us the wrong apartment number as apt 6 not 56. We had nothing showing but had residents outside. I was met by the mother and father saying their “baby” was still inside. I asked location and if the child was in a crib,bed, or what. Myself and my lieutenant made entry without a hose line and did a split search of the fire room. Conditions were floor to ceiling smoke with zero visibility, no fire at the time of entry. The two year old was located unresponsive but breathing, through smoke and clutter within 1-2 ish minutes. Time of dispatch to child being in EMS care was around eight minutes.

Grabs 91: Decatur, Alabama (June 21, 2022) Sep 15, 2022

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Brewer Widner

Decatur Fire

June 21, 2022 20:00

1 story residential with fire showing from A side

Subdivided House

KC Drag Strap

Window Removal

4 minutes from arrival to victim out

Grabs 90-Anonymous (May 2022) Aug 11, 2022

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Name of guy you are interviewing - Anonymous

FD he/she works for - Anonymous

Date of grab - May 2018

5 bulletpoints to be included in the show notes

- 3 alarm fire

- 4 story MFD (center hall)

- Victim found by the elevator

- Difficult ladder transition

- Had another fire with "entrapment" directly following this fire...importance of bystander interview

Grabs 89: Smith County ESD2, TX (5/18/2022) Jul 27, 2022

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Smith County ESD 2 - TX
Lt Daniel McConnell
5/18/2022
Engine grab
Non-isolatable window search grab
Initially the IC called off the window search

Grabs 88: Tacoma, WA (5/17/2021) Jul 14, 2022

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Thanks to Jon Quon (and crew) from Tacoma (WA) FD. Jon does a great job painting a picture of this rescue (two blocks from his station, 6-story MFD, smoke-drunk victim, etc.) and attached is a link to see the actual apartment building where the fire happened.

Jon and Company also set a new land speed record for grabbing their gear, making the sixth floor, and performing a search and subsequent rescue with a time of 4-minutes. https://www.apartments.com/vintage-apartments-tacoma-wa/xrl20cn/

Grabs 87-Wilmington, NC (12/10/2018) Jul 01, 2022

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Thanks to Josh Baltz (and crew) from Wilmington (NC) FD, Josh does a great job painting a picture of this rescue (mutual aid fire, heavy fire in the garage and FROG, differently abled victim, difficult removal, etc.)

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