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Extrication Tips
Maintain Your Chain Carry extra turnout gear in your privately owned vehicle Be prepared for the unexpected before the battle begins Don't use relief cuts when pushing a dash When extricating from newer vehicles, look before you cut
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Massive foggy highway pileup in Calif. kills 2, injures dozens
More than 100 cars and trucks crashed on a fog-shrouded freeway, killing at least two people and injuring dozens more, the California Highway Patrol said. Eighteen big rigs were involved in the massive pileup on Highway 99 just south of Fresno as patches of dense fog obscured visibility on the heavily traveled roadway.
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Extrication News Reports
Dozens hurt in Chicago train collision - 11/03/2007
Most of the 187 passengers aboard the Amtrak train walked away unhurt after the accident on the city's South Side, which catapulted people from their seats. Four people had to be pulled from ...
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Extrication Articles
5 dead in Penn. van crash - 04/24/2008 Calif. extrication drills teach auto engineers, too - 04/02/2008 Donated cars used for Calif. extrication training - 04/01/2008 Child pinned in Ala. bus crash; Teacher's heroism hailed - 03/30/2008 Tougher cars 'make rescue harder' - 03/19/2008
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Vehicle protection system counters rollover hazards
While a failure to use seat belts accounts for some deaths and many more injuries, being belted up only offers limited protection in incidents such as rollovers.
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Incident Reports
LAFD, 12/06/2007 [Los Angeles, CA]
Hollywood Bus Accident Sends 19 to Hospital
Chattanooga Fire Department, 08/09/2007 [Chattanooga, TN]
Balloons may have caused Tenn. wreck
Central Emergency Services, 03/06/2007 [Kalifornsky Beach, AK]
Firefighters extricate Alaska vehicle crash victims
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