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.
A tractor-trailer driver was killed after a train carrying coal derailed and fell onto a highway near Pueblo
Emporia firefighters will begin training on new extrication tools and additional forcible entry props thanks to capital improvement funding
San Diego and Chula Vista FFs worked to extricate the driver after his truck went off a freeway ramp and overturned
The man and woman both died, the children are in critical condition
A Va. volunteer fire department was awarded nearly $30,000 from Firehouse Subs for extrication equipment
The woman accidentally drove into a cypress tree and became trapped
The man was only wearing a trashbag after he led police on a high-speed car chase
An SUV collided with another car and rolled onto its roof, trapping the driver
Passengers involved in car accident escaped before cars exploded
The rescuers used fire extinguishers, a cement truck and crow bars as they worked for 10 minutes to free the women
There are more questions than answers when it comes to PPE protection at electric and hybrid vehicle crash scenes
Standard labeling and guidebooks are some of the ideas auto groups are floating to make extrication safer and easier
Rescuers saved a man from an overturned tractor in a wooded area not accesible by fire truck
Police: Fire truck acted as shield, preventing pickup from striking several police, fire and wrecker personnel
The motion-activated messages are part of a statewide Fourth of July education and enforcement effort
During hour-long rescue, firefighters used axes, crowbars, air chisel, rotary saw to get teen out
The two rescued two children trapped in an overturned car
Dramatic trench rescue after 1-year-old slips, falls to bottom of 20-foot drain
The driver of the other vehicle was cited for causing the accident; the firefighter was not injured
Pilot heard ‘humming noise'; patients taken by ground ambulance
$10,000 grant from Community Foundation of Abilene will pay for extricator
Firefighters had to separate tree trunks using Jaws of Life
Footage from TV news helicopters showed the driver’s side of the vehicle crushed against the front of an Expo line train
It is critical to invest the time to plan and execute how you approach removing glass at vehicle collisions
Firefighters extricated both trapped victims, transported driver to hospital with life-threatening head injuries
Although full weight of vehicle was not on woman, she could not free herself; firefighters used airbags to lift it
Preliminary investigation by Washington County Sheriff’s Department indicates that one vehicle crossed center line
Before extracting anyone who might be trapped in car after wreck, firefighters must disable low-voltage cables in car’s trunk
Firefighters assessed home’s structural integrity, used ‘manual and pneumatic tools and timber to shore up the BMW and the home itself’
Car hit truck, went through fence, hit side of house but did not go through wall; no one in house was injured, but truck driver had to be extricated
Accident involved at least 5 vehicles, injured at least 10 people, killed 1; crews were still trying to extricate bus passengers 1 hour later
When we “pop” doors today, the door materials often shred, tear and rip apart, leaving us to attack it another way
Police were looking Sunday for man who they say ran away after crashing SUV into creek, leaving passenger trapped in vehicle