Extrication Tools, Cutters and Spreaders News & Articles

• Deep side-impact extrication: 2 options for quick access and extrication

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  A step-by-step guide to removing a patient when the driver’s side door won’t open

• Orlando firefighters extricate teen from locked gun safe

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  Firefighters used hydraulic extrication tools to free the 15-year-old from the safe at a gun store showroom

• How the Jaws of Life became a tool to snatch you from the jaws of death

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  The Jaws of Life were first created in 1961 and are now an indispensable tool for many fire departments.

• Man rescued from storm drain, tells FFs he wandered sewers for 3 days

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  Firefighter spent about 30 minutes removing the man from the drain at an industrial park

• How to buy extrication tools (eBook)

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  Download this FireRescue1 extrication tools buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

• Conn. FF witnesses crash scene, rescues elderly man

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  Hawleyville Volunteer Firefighter Reese Moffett stopped to assist the injured driver until an engine and EMS arrived

• COVID-19 is changing everything. Here's what that means for motor vehicle collisions

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  Motor vehicle collisions might be down nearly 50%, but don’t let down your guard on the roadway or neglect your extrication skills or training

• Here’s why underwater cutting tools are the next fire rescue “must-have”

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  For water rescue operations, you’ll need tools that can withstand the water environment

• 5 steps to extricate patients from modern vehicles

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  Rip and blitz challenges: Use your cutter/spreader for car side removal extrication

• 5 ways firefighters can improve vehicle extrication training

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  Focus on new tools and techniques, but don’t ignore the strategic big picture

• Chicago firefighters rescue pinned worker

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  Firefighters worked for almost an hour to rescue a Museum of Science and Industry worker, who was pinned under a forklift

• How to buy extrication tools

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  Vehicle extrication equipment is among the fastest-changing segment in firefighting equipment; here's what to do to get the tools you need

• High school EMT students learn extrication techniques

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  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

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  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

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

• FDIC 2019 product showcase

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

• Achieving efficiency with combination extrication tools

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  Size and technique matter when choosing and using the right cutter spreader combination extrication tools

• Firefighter in distress: Cuing the rapid intervention team

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  Rescuing a firefighter who has fallen through a floor in an involved structure fire may require establishing an alternate means of egress

• 3 steps to developing a sound extrication size-up

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  Be efficient and focus on the priorities, and keeping patients, bystanders and your crew safe while planning an extrication

• When and how to safely remove a seat in an automobile extrication

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  Identify the potential hazards and seat design if seat removal will benefit your victims or increase access

• Maximize apparatus storage with a rotating extrication tool holder

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

• Training day: Breaching the door

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  Use the tools, props and scenario described here to train your firefighters in effective forcible entry

• Spotlight: TNT Rescue is built to rescue

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  Manufacturer of the only Hydraulic Rescue Tools that can be operated with 1 or 2 batteries

• Four challenges to extrication in a tunnel rescue

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  Resource management is key to overcoming access, patient transportation and ventilation challenges in a tunnel rescue

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

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  Tackle complex calls with confidence using a multipurpose tool that can be used in a variety of scenarios

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