Extrication
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.
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
Smoke from wetland fires mixed with fog to create a “super fog,” causing several crashes on I-55 near New Orleans
Police say the 70-year-old male driver was drunk
Two of the four dead are children; the vehicle had 9 occupants
Emergency officials say it is a miracle more were not hurt by raging fireball
Firefighters working motor vehicle crashes are extremely vulnerable to injury from other motorists, using the apparatus as a shield can save lives
When other risk factors are added, such as a structure or natural hazard, vehicle extrication becomes more complicated; here’s how to handle those situations
It is unclear why an SUV carrying 9 plunged into a rain-swollen river
Much of the country was battered by severe weather
Authorities detected the odor of alcohol in the vehicle that was going the wrong way
A year after Rachel Bailey severed her skull from her spine during a car accident, she got to meet her rescuers in September to say, ‘Thank you’
Portland firefighters ditched the tools and used their muscles to lift a car off a man pinned underneath it in January
The 54-year-old suffered a laceration to her forehead and was in shock
Fire crews had to extricate the man whose car flipped upon impact
Throwing off the constraints of money and physics, what improvements do you want to see in extrication tools?
Affordability, capability and the future of extrication tools are just some of the topics on the table
Systematic extrication process is compromised by vehicle variation and changing technology
Follow these steps to fully stabilize a vehicle or machine, then set progressive lift sequences in motion
The farmer, in his 60s had trouble breathing but was able to use his cell phone to call for help
Firefighters had to extricate a woman who was stuck in the wreckage
Officials say she would have died had she not been pulled out when she was
It took hours for crews to extricate a driver from the wreckage
The firefighter broke the window and cut the seatbelt to free the upside down driver
Jeff Burke was helping a stroke patient when a fire truck popped out of gear and pinned him to an ambulance
Three have already died from the accident
The manufacturer says some models have a faulty window switch
A beam collapsed during some construction work and the man got his arm stuck
The 3 women apparently drove into the bay during a heavy fog advisory
After crashing into another vehicle, firefighters had to remove two doors to free the man
After a photo of firefighters trying to extricate the man from the trash can, “Bucket Heid” confesses he was looking for his hat
The man reportedly was looking for something in the trash when he got his head stuck
A man charged with drunk driving allegedly drove in his neighbors home, trapping the women