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To The Rescue

Carl Haddon
TO THE RESCUE

Carl Haddon is the director of Five Star Fire Training LLC, which is sponsored in part by Volvo North America. He serves as assistant chief and fire commissioner for the North Fork Fire Department in Idaho and is a career veteran of more than 25 years in the fire and EMS services in southern California. He has also served since the 1980s as a fire/safety director for numerous racing organizations, including Penske Motorsports, NASCAR, USAC and Mickey Thompson Racing. He is a certified Level 2 fire instructor, an ISFSI member and teaches 5 Star Auto Extrication and NFPA 610 classes across the country.


Work-Arounds And A New Twist
Carl Haddon. ... Editor's Note: Carl Haddon is the director of Five Star Fire Training LLC, which is sponsored in part by Volvo North America. ...

Rescue Tool Blades Are Not Created Equally
Carl Haddon. ... Editor's Note: Carl Haddon is the director of Five Star Fire Training LLC, which is sponsored in part by Volvo North America. ...

Test Driving Hurst's New eDRAULIC Tools
Carl Haddon. ... Editor's Note: Carl Haddon is the director of Five Star Fire Training LLC, which is sponsored in part by Volvo North America. ...

De-mystifying Hydraulic Rescue Tool Pressures
Carl Haddon. ... Editor's Note: Carl Haddon is the director of Five Star Fire Training LLC, which is sponsored in part by Volvo North America. ...

Powerful New Hydraulic Cutters
Powerful New Hydraulic Cutters. By Carl Haddon. Champion’s BEAST 600 cutter, TNT’s SLC 29, Powerful New Hydraulic Cutters. TNT Rescue ...

The Cold Truth About Wood And Plastic Cribbing
The Cold Truth About Wood And Plastic Cribbing. Carl Haddon. The truck is lowered onto the wood cribbing. (Jerry Slagle Photograph). ...

Incompatibility Of Hoses And Couplers
Incompatibility Of Hoses And Couplers. Carl Haddon. At last count, I tallied at least four different rescue tool hydraulic hose connectors ...

NVT -What?s Coming And What?s Missing
NVT -What?s Coming And What?s Missing. Carl Haddon. Five-Star crash test ratings coupled with the desire to build safer vehicles motivate ...

NVT -What?s Coming And What?s Missing
NVT -What?s Coming And What?s Missing. Carl Haddon. Five-Star crash test ratings coupled with the desire to build safer vehicles motivate ...

Altering Rescue Techniques For New Vehicle Technology
Altering Rescue Techniques For New Vehicle Technology. Carl Haddon. A hydraulic spreader is used for the final step in NVT dash. displacement. ...