由Calvin Allison.
每次音调下降,钻井平台上,基于“增大化现实”技术e headed into a world run by power. Every house you go in and every scene you step foot on has electricity of sort. Dealing with electricity is dangerous. It could end your career, and possibly your life, in seconds. I suffered an electric shock while fighting a house fire. I spent my whole life learning from firefighters, and never once did I hear of a first responder getting an electric shock while on the job. Now that I am retired at the age of 33, my inbox is full of e-mails from first responders around the United States looking for help in navigating an electrical injury. One thing is for sure: The amount of information on this type of injury is limited.
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让我们诚实，成为任何能力的第一个响应是危险的。更频繁的是，您将面临不可能控制的情况，并将依赖于处于紧张局势的人的信息。当你被派遣到你的条目时派遣的时间通常是几分钟。这就是为什么良好的决策在紧急场景中的重要作用。即使有了最好的信息和决策，第一个受访者也会面临无法控制的情况。无论是对房屋的未知修改还是未报告的添加，大多数场景都有一个未知的元素。我从来没有真正考虑过被修改或改变的电力，直到我受伤。随着世界的不断发展，电力也是如此。即使是车辆也变得更高的风险：当它们变得更加省油时，它们也变得更加通电，电力更高，电压更高。
We have so many tools that can handle so many unique situations, but I have often wondered that situation for which we are unprepared. Even bunker gear has had so many advances in the recent years, including higher heat resistance and a better barrier against liquids. However, it seems that there is no way to make it impenetrable to electricity. Moreover, there are not many tools for handling electricity. Why? When you look at most structures, they are basically a foundation, frame, plumbing, and electrical. Departments seem to have so many tools for three of the four. We need more information about how electricity works and how we can best safely control it.
It appears there is no safe way to protect against electricity except removing it from the equation. Either call the electrical company to dispatch a professional to pull the meter and shut down the power, or stop the power on scene by having fire personnel pull the electrical meters.
If your department has chosen to go the electrical company route, it will take a lot of liability away from the department. On the other hand, what happens when the company has no one to send? What happens when all the electrical company resources are on other scenes? Should you enter and hope for the best or try a nondirect approach and shut off the power at the breaker box, knowing there may be more than one box or that the electrical box may have been tampered with?
我们说我们对Fireground的首次关注是安全的。显然，房屋火不受任何方式安全，但部门觉得我们有足够的知识来安全运作。第一个响应者令人惊讶的是，首先响应者看起来过去的电力是一种危险。我被教导为孩子，不要用电气元件尤其在水围。那么我们如何进入房屋火灾了解权力正在持续，只是希望最好的？多年来我们一直这样做。再次，在退休之前，我已经完成了这份工作10年，我可以诚实地告诉你，我工作的90％的火灾我不知道如果权力被关闭了。
Yet another approach would be to pull the meter when you arrive on scene using a meter puller. The responders would know for sure that the power is off. But, this method comes with a certain set of dangers. Meter pullers do not come with much information. Electrical companies do not like to give information on how they train their employees because of potential liability for the company. Some of the potential dangers of this approach are arcing and a high-voltage charge.
I wish there was a sure method to approach this issue, but we are not there yet. I would like for the fire service to become involved and in finding a safer method. You may think this is “overkill” and this will never happen to you. My career ended 20 years too soon because of electricity. On August 6, 2012, I was severely injured by electricity while fighting a residential structure fire. I have had three major back surgeries, one of which was a six-level fusion that left me with a 10-pound weight restriction for life. I also had a meniscus tear and 26 broken teeth, and have many other ongoing problems that are still being medically treated. Let’s keep the next responder from walking in my path and find better answers.
BIO
Calvin Allison.在火灾中已经服务了10年。他retired from the Lewisville (TX) Fire Department in 2014, after five years of service, as the result of a severe line-of-duty injury. His dad and brothers are members of the fire service. He was an amateur professional motocross athlete from 1996-2012, competed nationally, and won numerous national championships. He attended the fire academy at Haz-Co in Sherman, Texas, and paramedic school at Utah Southwestern, in Dallas. He has sought out various outlets to help others in need and to spread his story with the goal of helping others to avoid a life-changing injury. He began public speaking in 2015 at the “Keeping Tradition Alive” symposium in Lewisville. He is a member of the “Heroes in Action” committee, which is dedicated to increasing the awareness of and supporting injured members of the police, fire service, and the military.
最初是2017年7月25日的跑步。
