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| danny burstein 2005-10-10, 9:38 am |
| Anyone know when the tradename "Jaws of Life" became
commonplace for the hydraulic spreaders?
Reason: Just watched on episode of "Cold Case", and
the term "Jaws of Life" was used in flashbacks to
the crime scene in ... 1978.
(I don't recall seeing it in common use
until the mid 1980s, but I could easily have
missed it earlier).
Thanks
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| danny burstein wrote:
> Anyone know when the tradename "Jaws of Life" became
> commonplace for the hydraulic spreaders?
>
> Reason: Just watched on episode of "Cold Case", and
> the term "Jaws of Life" was used in flashbacks to
> the crime scene in ... 1978.
>
> (I don't recall seeing it in common use
> until the mid 1980s, but I could easily have
> missed it earlier).
>
> Thanks
>
> _____________________________________________________
> Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
> dannyb@panix.com
> [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
Hurst has celebrated 30 years, so thats 1975, and according to their
company profile they began in 1972 at racetraces. How widespread the
name was I don't know.
I do know however that our station was recognized last year by Hurst for
25 years of service with the "Jaws Of Life". Being a smalltown
volunteer station at that time they had to raise the money themselves,
so when they got their first set they were far from being brand new
technology, so I'm thinking mid '70s is not much of a stretch.
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| danny burstein wrote:
> Anyone know when the tradename "Jaws of Life" became
> commonplace for the hydraulic spreaders?
>
> Reason: Just watched on episode of "Cold Case", and
> the term "Jaws of Life" was used in flashbacks to
> the crime scene in ... 1978.
>
> (I don't recall seeing it in common use
> until the mid 1980s, but I could easily have
> missed it earlier).
>
> Thanks
>
> _____________________________________________________
> Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
> dannyb@panix.com
> [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
Just a followup to my original response, I found this on the net
Lynchburg VA. Fire Dept:
On September 12, 1972, the Lynchburg Life
Saving Crew purchased a new revolutionary
rescue device called the "Jaws of Life" from
the Hurst Products Corporation. This newly
created hydraulic tool, used to extricate victims
from mangled car, train, and plane crashes, was
one of the first to be used as a rescue tool in
the country and the second "Jaws of Life" to
be purchased and used by a Rescue Squad
in the state of Virginia. This first Hurst Rescue
tool, which was donated to the Life Saving
Crew by Dr. Jerry Falwell and the members of
the Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg,
is still in service today and has saved
countless numbers of lives over the years.
Source: http://www.lynchburgrescue9.lynchburg.net/history.htm
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| Colonel Flagg 2005-10-10, 9:38 am |
| On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 23:56:24 -0400, danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com>
wrote:
>Anyone know when the tradename "Jaws of Life" became
>commonplace for the hydraulic spreaders?
>
>Reason: Just watched on episode of "Cold Case", and
>the term "Jaws of Life" was used in flashbacks to
>the crime scene in ... 1978.
>
>(I don't recall seeing it in common use
>until the mid 1980s, but I could easily have
>missed it earlier).
>
>Thanks
>
>_____________________________________________________
>Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
> dannyb@panix.com
>[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
one pair of our spreaders was put into operation in 1972, the first
set of the Hurst "Jaws of Life" in Southern West Virginia.
Yea, I know Hurst just celebrated 25 years, however... when we
purchased a new set of Jaws from Hurst, our set went back to them for
testing. We had to replace the resevoir and controls, but the same set
of jaws/spreader arms is still in operation today.
/CF
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| Kurt Ullman 2005-10-10, 9:38 am |
| In article <dicqqk$hh6$1@reader1.panix.com>, danny burstein
<dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
tim
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>- thanks. So I guess 1978 would be a bit early for
> it to be in common use, but certainly possible.
>
It would have been Baltimore FD, so they might have been eariler
adopters.
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| Kurt Ullman 2005-10-10, 9:38 am |
| WHen in doubt Google is your friend.
http://www.hurstjaws.com/home/companyprofile.asp
Says started in racing in '72 and followed soon there after. When I
came out of college in '76 my first job was as a reporter for a
small weekly outside of Ft. Wayne, IN. I have some photos of the
locals prying open a car or two in my files from those days.
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| Kurt Ullman 2005-10-10, 11:02 am |
| In article <die0t5$chc$1@reader1.panix.com>, danny burstein
<dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
>In <W0t2f.8845$zQ3.6437@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net> kurtullman@yahoo.com
> (Kurt Ullman) writes:
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>I didn't know Baltimore was
>a division of Philadelphia...
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>
Okay so I had a Homocide:Life on the Street Moment (grin). I don't
watch CC that often and for some reason I thought they were in
B'more. Mea culpa.
But my point (he says desperately trying to move the conversation
away from his screw up) is that the show is supposed to be in a big
city which would be more likely to be an early adopter of the
Jaws....
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| danny burstein 2005-10-10, 11:02 am |
| In <zZv2f.8893$zQ3.8655@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net> kurtullman@yahoo.com (Kurt Ullman) writes:
> Okay so I had a Homocide:Life on the Street Moment (grin). I don't
>watch CC that often and for some reason I thought they were in
>B'more. Mea culpa.
Naw. Andre Braugher has better hair than Lilly Rush.
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| Dave S 2005-10-10, 6:07 pm |
| a former dispatcher at the volunteer outfit I used to run with.. claimed
he was a dispatcher for LA county back in the day.
The show Emergency was in production, showcasing the capabilities of the
LA County Fire Dept. Hurst (I believe) had developed their Jaws tool and
approached the producers about featuring it, and was told that because
it wasn't in use with LACFD, it wasn't an option. At that point, Hurst
(again, I believe this was the company) outfitted LACFD with several
donated sets of the tool to get it in the inventory. That resulted in
its inclusion into the TV show Emergency.
Dave
danny burstein wrote:
> Anyone know when the tradename "Jaws of Life" became
> commonplace for the hydraulic spreaders?
>
> Reason: Just watched on episode of "Cold Case", and
> the term "Jaws of Life" was used in flashbacks to
> the crime scene in ... 1978.
>
> (I don't recall seeing it in common use
> until the mid 1980s, but I could easily have
> missed it earlier).
>
> Thanks
>
> _____________________________________________________
> Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
> dannyb@panix.com
> [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
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