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The extrication topic features the latest news and resources and features content on maintaining extrication equipment, training on extrication techniques, or working at the scene of an MVA, including those involving modern vehicles.

Birmingham firefighters worked to rescue the driver from under the beam, estimated to weigh 60,000 pounds
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St. George firefighters used extrication tools to free the deer trapped between two posts as other deer watched
A Spokane Valley fire truck had been stopped at an MVA when it was struck by a vehicle
Paramedics faced a complex rescue on a popular trail near Cajon Pass
Orleans first responders face a man pinned underneath the bucket of a front end loader
Matthew Reum was pinned in the wreckage, underneath the I-94 bridge, since Dec. 20
Two cars ended up overturned inside a Boston Market in Saugus
Grant County Fire District 13 will improve its capabilities with a battery-powered combi tool on its new rescue vehicle
Captium collects vehicle health and critical component data and provides insight to keep your department operationally ready
Funding through the California Office of Traffic Safety will help equip, train Kern County firefighters
Two people had to be extricated from the car after both vehicles crashed into a Long Beach restaurant
A tractor-trailer driver was killed after a train carrying coal derailed and fell onto a highway near Pueblo
San Diego and Chula Vista FFs worked to extricate the driver after his truck went off a freeway ramp and overturned
Portland firefighters faced a car pinned partially underneath a semi in a jack-knife collision
Federal funding helped Menands and Ballston Lake firefighters purchase extrication tools and a gear washer
South Charleston firefighters were injured when their fire engine was involved in a crash with a passenger vehicle
The firefighter-medic and a nurse both separately stopped to assist the crash victims, all of whom had to be extricated from the vehicles
Four people, including two paramedics, were injured when a pickup truck collided with an ambulance
Fire and EMS personnel in Spartanburg County rescued two people in plane crash
A neighbor held the worker up as best as he could until Lakeside firefighters arrived
A bit of miscommunication for Portage firefighters ended in a unique rescue
The Rotary Club of Cheat Lake made an impact on the community with the largest monetary donation in club history
Video shows Wilmington Engine 3, Rescue 2 FFs at an outdoor retailer for a unique rescue
Plaistow FFs found the man face down between a mounted scissor lift and concrete floor with his entire upper body under the lift
Darien firefighters replace a 20-year-ol gas powered system with Homatro Pentheon tools
Three workers were pinned when the 6-foot-high, 40-foot-long wall collapsed near a trench where they were working