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.
Oakland firefighters had used the Jaws of Life during a call and then discovered it had been stolen
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2 women were severely injured when their single-engine Cessna Skyhawk crashed in Miramar, Fla.
FDNY will use the donated Volvo XC40 Recharge to gain hands-on experience in occupant extrication from battery electric vehicles
Mehdi Mourad, 21, was responding in his personal vehicle when he lost control of his vehicle and rear-ended an SUV stopped on the side of the road
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Ann Arbor firefighters had to try a couple techniques before successfully freeing the woman, whose TikTok video of the ‘entrapment’ has gone viral
Each of the more than 150 kits to be donated contains a Jaws of Life tool, portable lighting, electronic road flares and more
The Junkyard Dog (JYD) ZStrut Rescue Strut uses a uniquely-engineered deployment method that eliminates the need for pins altogether
Security footage shows the moment the overpass collapsed, sending train cars and debris onto the road below
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Officials said about 500 people were at the house and emergency vehicles were hampered by a large number of parked cars on the street
Floyd Medical Center EMT Desiree Hartmann was speaking with dispatchers while following a wrong-way driver when she witnessed the head-on collision
Firefighters were transported to the hospital for evaluation
Several people were extricated from damaged homes as first responders conducted extensive search and rescue efforts
The pickup was hanging from the bridge only by a set of “safety chains” attached to a camper trailer
Firefighters struggled to maneuver apparatus and calls were made to deliver sand and kitty litter for the roads
Firefighters used an aerial apparatus to access the patient, video shows
Firefighters and EMS providers from the Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 106 described the extrication process and lessons learned
Los Angeles County Fire Chief Daryl Osby said Woods was trapped in the car, and fire crews got him out of the car using a tool for prying and an axe
At least 36 people were transported from the pileup on an icy road near downtown Fort Worth
Newark officials say the woman had called for help earlier but that an error had been made logging the address of her call
Fire/EMS officials called in a team of surgeons to perform the rare field amputation after a tree fell on the victim’s house, trapping his leg
Stamford firefighters raced to lift a man and woman from the truck, which was submerged 40 feet off shore and surrounded by broken ice
FDNY Deputy Chief Paul Hopper said patients suffered injuries consistent with the 50-foot fall from the bridge to an access road below
Pentheon Series rescue tools from Holmatro give firefighters 21-century rescue tool technology that can take on modern vehicle extrication challenges
High-Tech hydraulic rescue tools from Holmatro meet the challenge of today’s ultra-high-strength steels
“It’s not in our job description, but there are things, those things we enjoy doing,” said Cincinnati Fire Lt. Bill Feckter
Grant County Firefighter Daniel Baergen used a large rock to break a window and rescue the driver from the flaming vehicle
Leonard Shoulders, 33, was at a bus stop when he was suddenly swallowed by a sinkhole that opened underneath him, leaving him injured and swarmed by rats
The Denver Fire Department urged motorists to yield to emergency vehicles after the shift commander’s vehicle was struck by another car
Crews discover a more complex incident, prompting many questions and quick thinking
