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.
CAL FIRE firefighters had to stabilize a car teetering over a 200-foot cliff at Devil’s Slide before pulling the trapped driver to safety through the back window
Rock Island Engine 32, decommissioned due to a cracked frame, was used in a simulated crash and extrication drill
Boston EMS reported that four people were transported to the hospital—two of them in critical condition—while two others received treatment at the scene
CAL FIRE crews responded after a Mini Cooper went through the window and injured a customer inside the Placer County store
Oklahoma City firefighters used an aerial ladder to reach the pair inside
One patient had to be extricated from beneath a vehicle; both were transported to a medical center
Crews from Orange and Monterey counties have been evacuating and extracting people and their pets
The St. Tammany District 7 crewmember sustained multiple fractures, was extricated from the overturned fire truck and airlifted to a medical center
The team included Eldridge firefighters, Medic EMS paramedics, AirCare Emergency Transport medical staff and a surgical team from University Hospitals
The Hamlet Volunteer Fire Department said it has received many donation offers
At least three people were hospitalized after the storm hit Iberia Parish
Cache County Fire District members, state troopers and EMS providers were responding to three other crashes at the time
The rig flipped onto its side, and one passenger in the Jeep had to be extricated
Sans gear, Nicholas Perri Jr. “gained access to the well-involved vehicle and successfully removed the badly injured female driver,” the Brookfield FD said
Monticello Fire Department crew members extricated a Wayne County EMS provider from the ambulance
Colton firefighters stabilized the car in the water and used a Jaws of Life tool to pull off a door; EMS providers transported both survivors to a trauma center
Monroe firefighters were forced to cut out the windshield and pull the driver onto a boat; EMS providers transported the patient to a hospital
Lincoln Fire & Rescue extricated a woman from the crashed vehicle and transported her to a medical facility where she later died
Seven fire trucks, six ambulances and a medical helicopter responded to the incident, and providers transported victims to four area medical centers
Heavy fire and smoke caused confusion about who was injured, said LAFD Deputy Chief Richard Fields, who described the extrication and transport timing
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The firefighter landed on paper and was transported to a hospital
About 10 people gathered around the vehicle’s bumper and worked together, according to the El Paso Fire Department
Footage released by the Boise Fire Department showed firefighters freeing the man by cutting off the roof of the vehicle
“I started pulling that stuff out, and once I seen a a clear path, I just started instructing the two guys,” said Macon-Bibb Lt. Dennis Maxwell
Jackie Henry was traveling with four passengers in the SUV, including her daughter and the widow of a Richville volunteer firefighter who was preparing to bury her husband
Firefighter Ryan Warnock was helping to stabilize the vehicle for extrication when one of the occupants hit the gas, causing the car to shift
A technical rescue team, Stamford police and Stamford EMS responded, treated and transported her
In high temperatures, firefighters retreated, and one became disoriented, prompting the mayday call
Lifeguards also extricated two women from the crashed vehicle; one woman was transported to a hospital as firefighters worked to remove the car
A passenger from the Missouri Amtrak derailment shares details of the response involving nearly 20 local and state agencies
Approximately 100 members of Boston Fire, plus Boston EMS crews and a surgical team, responded to the collapse and rescued three victims
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A man was trapped in an overturned tractor-trailer carrying raw chicken
