The Lake Forest Fire Department auto extrication team recently qualified to participate in the upcoming International Auto Extrication Competition by placing first at the Canadian-American Police Fire ...

Firefighters from across the nation gathered in Corona on Sunday, April 8, to learn how to rescue victims from trapped automobiles. Crews used the Jaws of Life and other tools to cut through more than ...

Earlier this year, a vehicle accident along Southern California’s Highway 101 left a car dangling over a 100′ drop near Santa Barbara. Seeing this incident made me question both my physical ...

SPO 1-1 The student will demonstrate gaining access to entrapped victims. EO 1-1 Demonstrate gaining access to entrapped victims through doors. EO 1-2 Demonstrate gaining access to entrapped victims ...

I was recently making a presentation to a group of city and fire department administrators about some of our rescue capabilities, including auto extrication. As we discussed the cost of rescue tools ...

FARGO — Recruits for the West Fargo and Fargo Fire Departments are halfway done with joint academy training. On Wednesday, the six recruits took part in auto extrication training, where responders ...

Today we had an excellent “guest” instructor, Firefighter Joe Blank, from Saint Paul Fire’s Rescue Squad 2. Joe delivered a very informative lecture on various types of automobiles (conventional, ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – A precarious pile up of vehicles, including a bus donated by Tahoe Transport, was staged by South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue at Welcome’s Auto Body and Towing to train fire ...

lewisburg — The loud crack of metal twisting, the sharp clink of glass shattering and the hydraulic buzz of rescue tools in action filled the air at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine’s ...

DANVILLE, W.Va. (WCHS) — The CDC estimates about 90 people die every day from car crashes. When a car is damaged beyond repair, how do firefighters get people out safely? Danville and Madison Fire ...

Firefighters from across the nation gathered in Corona on Sunday, April 8, to learn how to rescue victims from trapped automobiles. Crews used the Jaws of Life and other tools to cut through more than ...