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• Video: Firefighters extricate marriage proposal

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  Firefighter Matthew Bym proposed to Paramedic Makayla Swaim with some help from fellow firefighters

• Firefighters use engine to pull apart wrecked car, extricate driver in crash

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  The driver of the car was pinned after the head-on crash and could not be freed with conventional methods

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• 5 steps to extricate patients from modern vehicles

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  Rip and blitz challenges: Use your cutter/spreader for car side removal extrication

• NASCAR outlines rapid response to Daytona 500 crash

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  Firefighters were on the scene within 19 seconds and paramedics were in the car to help injured driver Ryan Newman within 35 seconds

• Woman calls 911 with toes after hands crushed changing tire

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  Officials said the woman sustained severe injuries to both hands and all of her fingers

• 5 ways firefighters can improve vehicle extrication training

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  Focus on new tools and techniques, but don’t ignore the strategic big picture

• Fire truck driver's role at a vehicle crash

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  The apparatus driver plays a vital yet almost opposite role to the officer when the rig arrives on scene

• NJ firefighters rescue woman stuck in clothing donation bin for 3 days

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  Police say it is the third time in two years the same woman has been rescued from a donation bin

• 2 injured after car collides with fire truck

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  A firefighter injured in the crash tried to help free the driver of the other vehicle from the wreckage, officials say

• Fire chief: 'Please don't stick your hand in a snowblower'

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  In a 48-hour period, six people in Massachusetts were taken to the hospital after sticking their hands in snowblowers

• 7 firefighter training drills not found in books

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  Most of these skill-building exercises can be used year-round and with minimal cost and equipment

• Fla. crews transport 6 people from fiery multi-vehicle crash that left 1 dead

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  A tractor-trailer and several other vehicles were involved in the crash, which shut down part of Interstate 75 near Tampa

• 3 NJ firefighters hurt after tractor-trailer hits fire truck

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  The fire truck was responding to a call at the time of the crash; one firefighter had to be cut out of the truck

• 8 keys to good firefighter extrication gloves

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  Whether or not the gloves are NFPA certified, use this checklist to guide your next extrication glove purchase

• Chicago firefighters rescue pinned worker

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  Firefighters worked for almost an hour to rescue a Museum of Science and Industry worker, who was pinned under a forklift

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