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GRABS Podcast

Brothers in Battle Media

GRABS Podcast: Grant Schwalbe, Justin McWilliams, Nick Ledin, Jeffrey Bryant and others bring you the stories of the victim rescues being made all over the country.

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19:49

Grabs 160 Minnesota (October 7, 2024)

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2025/07/11

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 was located with naked eye * Takeaways * Every structure is occupied * Plan on ...

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33:50

Grabs 159 Moncton, New Brunswick (March 15, 2025)

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2025/06/27

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 apartment on right) * Search ahead of the hose line with can and irons, dropped bundles in hall. S...

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31:17

Grabs 158 South Adams County Fire, Co (June 17, 2024)

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2025/06/13

* 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 * Chief found basement window and victims, Tk28 came ...

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25:55

Grabs 157 North Hudson, NJ (January 23, 2025)

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2025/05/30

* 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 on balcony and shelter in place. * Crew * John A...

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25:00

Grabs 156 Arvada Fire Protection District, CO...

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2025/05/16

* 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 * Dirty drag/ arm and leg * Takeaways: * 1) communi...

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40:31

Grabs 155 Mesa, AZ (August 20, 2017)

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2025/05/02

* 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 between arrival, time, and victim removal. * The weig...

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15:31

Grabs 154 Midwest City, OK (1/18/25)

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2025/04/18

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 different room to start. Search room and then into hall and rest of house. Victim found in ba...

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25:37

Grabs 153 Iona McGregor Fire (Fort Myers, FL) (1/23/25)

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2025/04/11

* 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 way out. * Gave incoming units their assignments and did 360 pr...

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24:09

Grabs 152 San Diego, CA (1/19/2025)

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2025/04/04

* 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 removal: lift and cradle carry, handled to another firefighter out the window. * ...

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17:57

Grabs 151 Watauga Fire Department, TX (1/7/2025)

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2025/03/28

* 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 waited for our guys to come get them. Guy was stable upon removal...

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17:48

Grabs 150 East Madison, IN (6/12/24)

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2025/03/21

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 and very slick. I did a simple left handed search and located her. Probably should have used my ...

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49:44

Grabs 149 Spokane, WA (4/20/24)

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2025/03/14

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 out 2 year old boy, 7 year old boy, ~275lb adult male, ~300+ lb adult female All 4 came out the ...

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20:37

Grabs 148 Bowling Green, KY (1/26/2022) (Copy)

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2025/03/07

* 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 to look for his cat. We knew his last known location and did a targeted search based off our infor...

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33:23

Grabs 147 Cobb County, GA (Dec 7, 2024)

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2025/02/28

* 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) * In bed, disabled and had dementia, right inside front door to t...

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21:23

Grabs 146 Rural Metro Fire(12/6/2024)

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2025/02/14

* 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 up rescue time as each member knows their job when the...

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28:50

Grabs 145 Mandan Fire, ND(1/14/24)

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2025/01/31

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.

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36:25

Grabs 144 Fort Worth, Texas(8/10/24)

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2025/01/17

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 opportunity for fire. From layouts, burglar bars, interesting construction. We had been to thi...

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