Extrication

Full list of Extrication results

1. Sort By:
2. All
3. Articles
4. Columns
5. Photos
6. Videos

• High school EMT students learn extrication techniques

  –

  Students learned several vehicle-rescue techniques, including how to safely knock out windows and how to properly use the Jaws of Life to remove doors

• 4 dead in 28-vehicle Colo. pileup; truck driver arrested

  –

  A semi-truck hauling lumber plowed into vehicles on a crowded section of Interstate 70 near Denver, causing a fire so intense that it melted the roadway and metal off of cars

• Firefighters, EMS rescue man trapped in mechanical bull

  –

  Firefighters had to use hydraulic rescue tools, the Jaws of Life, to disassemble the bull and save the man

• FDIC 2019 product showcase

  –

  Check out the products the FireRescue1 team had a first-hand look at during the week-long conference in Indianapolis

• Maximize apparatus storage with a rotating extrication tool holder

  –

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

• Training day: Breaching the door

  –

  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

  –

  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

  –

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

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

  –

  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

  –

  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

  –

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

• EMS provider pulls neighbor from burning truck on way home

  –

  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

  –

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

• Woman rescued after colliding with Detroit fire truck

  –

  The firefighters jumped out of the truck after the crash and extricated the woman from her vehicle

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

  –

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

• Load more