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• Firefighter in distress: Cuing the rapid intervention team

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  Rescuing a firefighter who has fallen through a floor in an involved structure fire may require establishing an alternate means of egress

• 3 steps to developing a sound extrication size-up

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  Be efficient and focus on the priorities, and keeping patients, bystanders and your crew safe while planning an extrication

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  The Fusion Center currently offers planning guides, online courses, and information about instructor-led trainings

• When and how to safely remove a seat in an automobile extrication

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  Identify the potential hazards and seat design if seat removal will benefit your victims or increase access

• Maximize apparatus storage with a rotating extrication tool holder

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  New ‘Lazy Susan’ design helps fire crews store more tools in tight spaces without sacrificing quick access

• Training day: Breaching the door

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  Use the tools, props and scenario described here to train your firefighters in effective forcible entry

• 3 Dallas firefighters injured while battling 4-alarm blaze

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  Three Dallas Fire-Rescue firefighters were extricated from a condo apartment building after the second floor collapsed while they were inside

• Mich. firefighters extract woman from crash outside fire station

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  Three Superior Township firefighters were in their station when they heard a crash outside

• Firefighter longevity: 5 tips to stay proficient

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  Critical thinking is the key to lifelong learning and staying relevant in a changing world

• Four challenges to extrication in a tunnel rescue

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  Resource management is key to overcoming access, patient transportation and ventilation challenges in a tunnel rescue

• How a new hydraulic tool is a game changer for rescue problems

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  Tackle complex calls with confidence using a multipurpose tool that can be used in a variety of scenarios

• Dozens hurt after bus carrying high school students crashes into overpass

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  Six people were seriously injured and 37 suffered minor injuries after a bus carrying students home from a spring break trip to Europe crashed into an overpass

• Firefighters rescue man stuck in printing press

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  The Bridgeport Fire Department was dispatched “to extricate an employee whose left arm became wedged in between two press rollers"

• Training Day: Extrication on an embankment

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  Educating firefighters on extricating patients in hard-to-reach areas, like roadside embankments

• EMS provider pulls neighbor from burning truck on way home

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  Gretna Rescue Squad 1st Lt. Pernice White jumped into action after seeing her neighbor’s truck on fire while driving home

• Photos: Firefighters rescue boy from arcade claw machine

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  Titusville Fire and Emergency Services Department rescued the boy who climbed into the machine from the back and became trapped

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