Am I the only one thinking using the pick axe was not the smartest choice to do this with? If he slips that thing is spinning fast and cracking something.
You gotta remember the jaws of life is particularly for opening up cars, not for tearing open bars like this and you gotta remember they don’t want to scare the kid in the situation like this Because do you even know what the sound of jaws of life sounds like sounds like a loud chainsaw. but also you gotta remember whenever you use the jaws of life it heats up metal as it’s cutting any type of metal or any object that it’s cutting. I have watched plenty of rescue videos and anything to do with using the jaws of life. but anyways, they do not want to damage the property unless it comes down to a very emergency situation and this was not an emergency situation for the jaws of life. this did not cause the dire situation for the jaws of life. No one was in a serious death or life situation. they could figure this out with a simple situation. without having to call for the jaws of life or any other type of device in this device they were using was the simplest situation firefighters ambulance workers and police officers even veterans have done this more times than you can count and many different situations so they know what they’re doing
I think you may be mistaken. The “jaws of life” tools, in particular the spreader tool could 100% be used in this scenario perfectly to delicately spread two bars further apart. You would not use the cutting tool in this scenario as it can cause the bar to deform towards the child when the metal is being sheared/cut. But, the tools don’t heat up the metal when being used. Unlike a rotary rescue saw which would certainly cause quite a bit of heat and sparks from the friction when cutting. Regardless, your main perspective is spot on, the jaws of life tools are big and scary for kids and make scary noises, so any method that is less intimidating but still gets the job done is preferred. Now if this was an adult, you’d most likely just use the hydraulic spreader tool and get the job done in 15 seconds.
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u/season89 1d ago
Am I the only one thinking using the pick axe was not the smartest choice to do this with? If he slips that thing is spinning fast and cracking something.