1. Job Performance Requirement 16-11
Removing the Windshield
and Roof

2. A Make certain that the vehicle is stabilized
A Make certain that the vehicle is stabilized. The windshield should be “chopped” along the bottom edge with a pick-head axe. Placing a hand on the pick of the axe will help control it, making certain that only one corner of the blade penetrates the glass.

3. B The front roof posts on both the passenger side and driver side should be cut through next, using cutters or hand tools such as a reciprocating saw or hacksaw.
JPR 16-11B

4. C Relief cuts are placed in the roof on both sides
of the vehicle, allowing ample space to gain
access when the roof is folded.
JPR 16-11C

5. D A tool such as a pike pole is placed across the
rear section of roof. Apply downward pressure to
form a fulcrum for the windshield and roof
portion being folded over.
JPR 16-11D

6. E The windshield and attached assembly
will be folded over the rear section.
JPR 16-11E

7. carried out. The folded-over portion should also
F Once folded over, easy access is attained and patient stabilization can begin as removal is
carried out. The folded-over portion should also
be secured so that a wind gust cannot blow it
back over onto the patient or firefighters.
JPR 16-11F