GRABS Podcast

Grabs 169 Rocky Mount Fire, NC (May, 2024)  Cody Johnson, Engineer Evening Dispatch to House Fire-Close to station  Enroute saw column and told possibly one person inside.  Brick range style house, 1600 Sq with addition  A-B garage fire, into attic space Extra guy added to search, Search ahead of attack team. Split search. Bathroom-Found arm first (surprised) and the victim pulled away and then st...

Amber Steiding: Assistant Chief  Potomac Fire Company #2 9/1/25 Labor Day Type of building: single family dwelling Approx time from arrival to removal: roughly 10 minutes  Weight of the victim (approximately): victim 1-100 to 120, victim 2- 190 to 200 Method of removal: More of a tackle and push, victim 2 was an assist under their power. First I’ll start with staying ready and staying prepared.  B...

Grabs 165 Ashville, NC (2/16/2025) Grant speaks with Senior Firefighter James Burnette   02/16/2025 at 11:07pm Single story, Single family residential  5:23 seconds to removal Victim 130lbs Horder Conditions  50’ exit Grab limbs and exited on Alpha Takeaway-Masking up with gloves on Grabspodcast@gmail.com

Grabs 164 Orange Township Fire Department, Indiana (April 14, 2025)  Chief Gene Landers  Chief pulls up on house fire, met by mom that said baby was inside.  Mom ran inside and chief followed her, quick grab by mom (18 month kid) <1 min Crews arrived and this became a bread and butter fire. Take-aways   Set up of command vehicle, be prepared for firefight by yourself.  No mask bag with SCBA, sp...

Grabs 163 Carson City, NV (5/16/2018) Jon Pedrini., Battalion Chief Carson City Fire Department 05/16/2018 2-story wood framed multi family apartment 5minutes 8yr old male 120lbs Second floor window Always be ready, fast turnout and mask up times make a difference If your job is to clear a window for removal make sure you clear it out completely Room isolation. Shutting the door and isolating the...

Grabs 162 South Metro Fire Rescue, Colorado (March 2025) First truck assigned all in VES Delta side. Taylor Slaught Firefighter Vince Pratt Engineer House converted to Assisted Living Initial Call as AFA, then upgraded to working fire with 6 trapped. High windows First window-heard vict call out from bed. 3 in first, pass victim out window head first. Extending search from first room, bathroom and...

Grabs 161 Orem Fire Department, UT, (7/19/2025) Name and Rank: Austin McBride Firefighter Critical Care Paramedic  Department Name: City of Orem Fire Department  Date of Grab: 7/19/2025 Type of building: 2 story residential with add-on/DIY construction. Ill add a picture so you can reference it.  Approx time from arrival to removal: 7 minutes Weight of the victim (approximately): 140 Method of rem...

Grabs 160 Minnesota (October 7, 2024) * Nick speaks with a Captain about a grab made in October from an anonymous Dept in Minnesota. * Captain Dustin Kunnari * Two-story SFD * ~140 lbs * 4-person lift out the window to a porch roof, then brought to the ground via parallel ladders * Arrival until removal was approx 6-8 minutes. * Search method and tactic was window initiated split search. * Victim...

Grabs 159 Moncton, New Brunswick (March 15, 2025) * Andrew Wainright and Chris Colford * Truck 4 (Quint) arrived second * Came in as AFA 10 story HR around 1730 * Nothing showing upon arrival, no additional reports. * Panel-Smoke detector and water flow, residents reported smoke on 8. * Elevators to 6-could smell it. * 8th floor-dirty hall, smoke pushing out of closed apartment door (first apartme...

* Grabs 158 South Adams County Fire, Co (June 17, 2024) * BC Andrew Fairban, LT Paulie Johnston,, Eng John Warmeth, FF Antony Giana * 152 p multiple calls * 2 story house with crawl space (Converted to multi-family) * Reported victim trapped in wheelchair. * 2nd due all in for search * Entrance blocked due to car fire, awning collapse (Also blocked stairs to basement-hidden) * 2 people in basement...

* Grabs 157 North Hudson, NJ (January 23, 2025) * Nick speaks with Peter Mancini about a grab they made on January 23, 2025 in North Hudson, NJ * Peter Mancini-captain * North Hudson Fire & Rescue * January 23rd * 33 story hi rise * 0939 removal less than 20 minutes * female weight approximately 160 pounds age 77 * rope rescue from 29th floor balcony, fire was on the floor below. best to stay...

* Grabs 156 Arvada Fire Protection District, CO (December 12, 2022) * Grant speaks with Phil and Tom from Arvada Fire Protection District about a grab made on December 14, 2022. * Phil Stover, FF/medic and Tom Lyons, Lt/medic * 3 level large multi family (Interior hall apartments-60ish) * Known victim floor 1/fire floor * PD evacuated on floor 2 * 12:01 from air brake to removal * Vict 120 pounds...

* Grabs 155 Mesa, AZ (August 20, 2017) * Nick speaks with Chris Sleigher and Kasey Beal about a grab they made on August 20, 2017 * Chris Sleigher (current BC), Captain at the time of the grab.  * Kasey Beal (current Chief 1 of Golden [CO] FD, BC at the time of the grab. * Mesa Fire And Medical Department.  * August 20, 2017, single-story, ordinary construction.  * Approximately five minutes betwe...

Grabs 154 Midwest City, OK (1/18/25) Grant speaks with Dan Herren about a grab they made on 1/18/25 Captain Dan Herren 6:30 AM Toned to mutual aid fire (Spencer) Engine on scene already from Spencer with line stretched. Arrival 7:50 after first engine 1 story 800 SF SFD (Fire showing from roof) Go straight to BC corner Window search-Upon taking noticed floor to ceiling hoarding conditions Chose di...

* Grabs 153 Iona McGregor Fire (Fort Myers, FL) (1/23/25) * Grant speaks with Nick Fischer about a grab he made on 1/23/25 * BC first arrive on scene * Light smoke showing. * Reported victim inside * Engine 2 minutes behind BC * BC went in-smoke down to 3’, ducked under smoke and found victim in bedroom * 150 lb vict-put over shoulder to remove. * Saw the fire in the closet, isolated bedroom on wa...

* Grabs 152 San Diego, CA (1/19/2025) * Nick speaks with Michael Culver about a grab they made on 1/19/25 * Name and Rank: Michael Culver, Firefighter 3 / PM * Department Name: San Diego Fire-Rescue Dept * Date of Grab: 1/19/25 * Type of building: single story Residential * Approx time from arrival to removal: arrival 18:32, removal 18:35 * Weight of the victim (approximately): 110 lbs * Method of...

* Grabs 151 Watauga Fire Department, TX (1/7/2025) * 1/7/25 * Grant speaks with Clayton Miller about a grab they made on 1/7/25 * FF Clayton Miller * 2 story residential * 2317-2325 * Vict weight 285 * Under arm and leg drag to window, out the window of the room * On scene, family told us exactly where he was in the house. Victim said that when he couldn’t get out, he got as low as he could and wa...

Grabs 150 East Madison, IN (6/12/24) Nick speaks with Kyle Thomas about a grab they made on 6/12/24 Kyle Thomas, Captain East Madison Fire Territory 6/12/2024 2 story single family home Approx time from arrival to removal (4 minutes to removal) Weight of the victim (approximately 110lbs) Method of removal (Simple grab and drag) A few takeaways I had were people are hot when they're in a fire...

Grabs 149 Spokane Fire, Washington (4/20/24) Grant speaks with Brennen and Cliff about a grab they make in Spokane on 4/20/24 Brennen Cooke (FF) and Cliff York (Driver) Story and a half balloon frame house 1600 SF Heavy Fire front of structure (neighbor called, unknown occupants) Split Search Hoarder Conditions Arrival to first victim out- about 7 minutes 7 minutes from first victim to last victim...

* Grabs 148 Bowling Green, KY (1/26/2022) * Jeffrey Bryant speaks with Corey Mahaney about a grab made on January 26th, 2022 * Some takeaways that I have are, I wish I would have flipped him over on his back. Because I was so close to the door and he was just laying on trash I drug him out face first. When we got off the truck we had a bystander in the yard saying that the victim ran back inside t...

* Grabs 147 Cobb County, GA (Dec 7, 2024) * Jake Rogers, Captain Sean Gray * https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SzbLMjyczK0 * Jake’s first fire, second week on the job. * Residential fire right around the corner. * Basement fire with flames showing. * Initial plan was stretch 1.75” line, 30’ setback to bravo side. * Met by woman at AB corner, screaming that her husband was inside. (Soot on her face) *...

* Grabs 146 Rural Metro * Nick Ledin Speaks with Nick Johnson about a grab they had on Dec 6, 2024 * Nick Johnson, Resident Firefighter * Rural Metro Fire * Dec 6th 2024 * Single Wide Trailer * 3-4 minutes * 180-200 pounds * Drag method * Listening to occupants on the location of a victim is absolutely necessary to ensure a quick rescue. * Planning in the truck enroute to call the also helps speed...

Grabs 145 Mandan Fire, ND (1/14/2024) JB talks with Lt Erik Short from Mandan Fire.  They talk about a grab that was made on 1/14/24 Air consumption rate during a rescue. How smaller departments can/ need to have a culture of being aggressive. Getting solid Intel on possible victims. Practical training. Grabspodcast@gmail.com

Grabs 144 Fort Worth, Texas (8/10/24) Trevor Poitevent - Captain Brad Adamcik - Engineer Fort Worth Fire Department August 10, 2024 1 story single family residence 2-2.5 minutes from arrival to out the window 125-140 lb 94 year old female Headfirst out window, it was a known victim with solid location information. It was a window based search and rescue. Takeaways 1) Every Ems call is a learning o...

* Grabs 143 Coventry Twp, OH (10/30/24) * LT. Mike Gasaway * 10/30/24 * Single Story Wood Frame * Came in as people trapped * Front of house fire showing, one person out with a diagram of layout. * 03:15-03:23(1st one) 03:27 2nd one * 250lbs * Denver Drill * 1- All Mutual Aid getting toned at same time * 2- Mutual Aid med unit on first alarm * 3- Minimal talking on fire ground. Lots of face to fac...