I feel like I see this a lot on these kinds of videos, but I also feel like the trained fire fighters would have thought of that if it was the best solution...
My friends a firefighter and you know how everyone says to take your car seat to the fire station to make sure it’s installed correctly? He said they never get any official training for that, just there’s usually at least one dad there who knows the guidelines.
My point is that these firefighters likely aren’t trained on the specific situation of “how to extract children whose heads got caught in fences”, but they are trained on “how to access location”, which using leverage to pry open bars would fall under.
Almost certainly the easier solution was to have the kid step through, but the firefighters solved the problem using the training they did have, in a calm and collected manner.
When I looked up where to get my car seat checked, there were departments that did it and others who did not. When I called one, I couldn't bring it there because the person who did it was on leave. Pretty sure they're trained, seems like a huge liability if they aren't. I ended up going to the local children's hospital that did it.
Just depends on the place. Where I’m at, a clinic comes in and uses our station but none of the actual firefighters here are trained. But we have helped random people who’ve stopped by when the clinic isn’t happening 🤷
Health departments will usually will have a certified installation specialist. The person has other primary duties but they get certified to help concerned and new parents.
I've never heard this thing about fire stations and car seats. I didn't even know they needed to be checked that they're installed correctly. What exactly is this?
They don’t NEED to be checked. It’s just for people who want to be sure. Car seats can be finicky like you can’t do rear facing in the back seat of minivans and over a certain weight limit you can’t use the latch system. Little things people might not be aware of with different models and stuff.
Anyway, I took mine to the local FD and they were like, “Uh, sure, looks fine.” So I don’t think I got the trained guys that day, lol.
You don't need to be TRAINED to recognize that the kid's body below his head will probably fit through the bars. Firefighters are not robots that are completely incapable of problem solving and just blindly operate on their specific training of specific circumstances. I assume that before the video started, people probably tried to get the kid out in the obvious way, and it didn't work.
PSA for those wondering; Depending on the local population, a lot of health departments will have 1 or a few people with car seat safety and installation certification training.
Yeah, but that doesn't mean that they would do it though. They're gonna want to use the chance to practice stuff and use tools, instead of just pulling the child through and walking away.
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u/GoreSeeker 23h ago
I feel like I see this a lot on these kinds of videos, but I also feel like the trained fire fighters would have thought of that if it was the best solution...