casualty extrication from fire

[tuganddawn at talktalk.net]

Thanks for the furtherr info guys.  I had absolutely no intention of trying anything but the most basic of interventions if any.  Intubating in a fire risk area is plain madness and medical equipment is simply not robust enough (ETT's in a bag on a hot day are hard enough to manipulate!).
   I may have expressed myself badly. My question was more, has anyone any experience of improved manual handling tools to extricate a casualty and is there any basic clean air apparatus that can quickly and simply be placed on the patient.
   Anyway's I appreciate the continued input. It has been extremely helpful.

  Take care and kindest regards

  Tristan "tug" Crumpton