Techniques that Save Lives…

November 29th, 2012

During a Rescue at Height. See our Director of Training Todd Horning in an article in the November issue of Above Ground Level Magazine. http://agl-mag.com/agl-magazine-november-2012/  


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Hagglunds Skiing FAIL!

June 25th, 2012

A very short video worth the few seconds of watching for a good laugh! http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7cc_1340515783


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Increased Citations by OSHA

November 10th, 2011

ISHN reported this week that OSHA has had a 200% increase in willful violation citations. The full report, click here to view, details how OSHA is stepping up inspections and is coming down harder on violations. Don’t let yours be counted among the increasing number of companies being cited and charged for violations–get your employees [...]


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Fun with FV432s

May 3rd, 2012

The residents of Kasota, MN put an FV432 Armored Personnel Carrier to unconventional use recently by using it to raze an old home. Check out the link for the video! Also be sure to check out our current inventory of FV432′s. http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nbc-news/47245274


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Introduction of new tower A.E.D. tower administration at N.A.T.E.

April 5th, 2012

Our instructors, Todd Horning and Richard Perse, presented at N.A.T.E. introducing a new technique of administering an AED on a tower. This valuable rescue technique is part of our new Tower First Responder course. Check out photos from the event here.


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ATV Safety Begins With Proper Training

February 18th, 2011

Our own Todd Horning was recently featured in Incident Prevention magazine with an article he wrote on ATV Safety Training. Here is the full text of the article. For a PDF of the original, click here. To see the article on IP’s website, click here. All-terrain vehicles, also known as ATVs, have a long-standing reputation [...]


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Snow Cat Tie Down Tips

December 14th, 2010

We recently had a customer ask us about best practices for tying down snowcats to trailers. Our president/CEO, Art Seely, responded and we’ve posted that response below. Snowcat safety isn’t just about operating the snowcat, it’s about transporting it too! Although different States have different internal regulations (i.e. California requires immediate forfeiture of truck, trailer [...]


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NATE Conference

February 25th, 2011

The NATE show in Oklahoma City just finished up and we’re proud that our very own Steve Fleming was one of the key speakers. RCR Wireless summarized his address quite well in their article here.


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New Course Offerings & Scheduled Classes

March 30th, 2011

In addition to Standard and Advanced Tower Climbing, Safety & Rescue training, we’re now expanding our course offerings to 1st Responder Training, Train the Trainer, Rigging & Hoisting, and Confined Space training! Check our our training pages to see details for each class. We also have scheduled quite a number of classes over the next [...]


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Press Release from Petzl Recalling Shock-Absorbing Lanyards

July 20th, 2011

A Press Release from Petzl America Inc: Petzl America Inc. of Clearfield, Utah, has voluntarily recalled about 375,000 Scorpio and Absorbica shock-absorbing lanyards that have been sold since 2002, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced July 12, 2011. Some of the lanyards are missing a safety stitch on the attachment loop, which could cause [...]


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