Top 5 firefighting videos from January 2012

Detroit ambulance stranded, surrounded by gunfire

Footage shows paramedics calling for help as near-constant shots ring out New Year's Eve, waiting 1 hour before tow truck arrives.

Fire truck drives through flood

Mayor of Australian town defends the firefighters under investigation for ignoring safety procedures by driving through floodwaters.

Cars slide, crash in Utah snowstorm

Video from Utah during a major snowstorm shows more than a dozen cars sliding, crashing and skidding sideways down a street in just a few hours.

New SCBA technology gives firefighters "bionic" vision

Technology provides firefighters with data about their surroundings, including oxygen levels, temperatures, possible contaminants, exit paths, and video of other team members.

Fire trucks set world record in Okla.

Hundreds of Oklahoma firefighters, and a couple from Texas, lined the highway to break the Guinness World Record for the most trucks in a parade.