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• 'Cracking the egg:' Road crash rescue involving an overturned vehicle

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  This involved technique, while rarely used, can enable rescuers to create enough space to extricate a victim safely

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  Vehicle lifting procedures

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  A great educational video from Bend Fire Department Training Division.

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  Extrication principles from an elevated incident scene

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  Here are the important things to keep in mind to prepare and practice for this type of response

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  FDNY firefighters rescue woman, 3 children from underneath fallen tree

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  FDNY said the woman was pushing a stroller with two children inside and holding an infant when the Central Park tree fell on them

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  How Jaws of Life became a tool to snatch you from the jaws of death

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  Jaws of life were first created in 1961 and are now an indispensable tool for fire departments.

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  Extrication dilemma: Door hinge or latch attack?

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  While no one technique is suited for every extrication situation, one method is far better most of the time

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  Calif. firefighters rescue cyclist trapped under truck

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  Merced firefighters responded to a cyclist who was trapped under a truck after a crash Feb. 28, 2017.

• 5 times "Jaws of Life" saved a life

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  These stories about Jaws of Life are truly remarkable

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  Exclusive: Field amputation difference between life and death

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  EMS, fire and hospital personnel describe interstate collision, patient entrapment and field amputation to save a man pinned inside his truck cab by 80,000 pounds of logs

• Calif. firefighters respond to car crash near fire station

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  Crews ran out to find a mangled car with an injured driver trapped inside

• Pa. firefighters remove teen's finger from ice cream machine

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  Firefighters cut open the machine's casing to slide the victim's hand out

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  NY firefighters save man from submerged vehicle

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  Firefighters and police broke the back passenger window of the car and cut the driver's seat belt before pulling the man free

• Girl, 15, pinned by 1,500-pound boulder badly hurt

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  The girl was visiting her grandparents and was playing in the backyard on the rock when it rolled onto her

• Watch: Calif. firefighters rescue crash victim using GPS location

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  Firefighters and police were initially unable to locate the crashed vehicle, but were able to do so after authorities used her phone to ping a location

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