Extrication Tools, Cutters and Spreaders News & Articles

Video: Idaho FFs extricate man trapped in car after crashing into tree

Footage released by the Boise Fire Department showed firefighters freeing the man by cutting off the roof of the vehicle

Video: FDNY firefighter’s leg crushed by car while trying to free victims

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Firefighter Ryan Warnock was helping to stabilize the vehicle for extrication when one of the occupants hit the gas, causing the car to shift

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

FDIC 2022: Product unveilings, apparatus showcase and collaboration news

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Don’t miss these offerings on the main exhibit hall floor and in Lucas Oil Stadium

EMS and extrication: Coordinating clinical care during vehicle rescue

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Follow these steps to define roles, identify and mitigate hazards, and work toward the best possible patient outcome

MCIs all come back to personnel and resources

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It’s vital to identify your capacity, who can help when needed, and what equipment is limited

Nearly 100 vehicles involved in pileup on Ore. interstate

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Multiple agencies responded to the wreck and uninjured drivers were taken to the Pendleton Convention Center

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

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The Jaws of Life was first created in 1961 and are now indispensable tools for many fire departments

HURST Jaws of Life celebrates 50th anniversary

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The company is marking its half-century milestone with a celebratory logo, challenge coins, and patches

'We're feeling violated again,' Wash. chief says of second station burglary

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Video shows open apparatus compartments after thieves made off with nearly $25K worth of equipment from Whatcom County District 16's Station 86

This intelligent extrication tool interacts with the rescuer to keep the focus on the patient

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Improvements in speed, power and design ensure the HURST eDRAULIC 3.0 Tool is tough enough to keep up with modern extrication demands while also being safer for the operator

Calif. firefighters rescue two from fire in vacant office building

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Fresno firefighters cut through metal bars blocking windows to pull a man and a woman to safety

Extrication tools: What you want

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Throwing off the constraints of money and physics, what improvements do you want to see in extrication tools?

‘I don’t think they made it’: 911 call reports plane crash

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2 women were severely injured when their single-engine Cessna Skyhawk crashed in Miramar, Fla.

YouTube video, ‘I Tried Paramedic Academy’ goes viral

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Michelle Khare documented her experience with South Metro Fire Rescue in a video that reached 1 million views in just over a week

How to buy extrication tools, cutters and spreaders

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Several factors will affect which tools and systems will best serve your agency's extrication needs

Calif. firefighters rescue nude woman found wedged between buildings

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Orange County Fire Authority crews had to cut through an 8-inch-thick concrete wall to rescue the woman

Mich. FFs use Jaws of Life to free woman stuck in a chair during ‘stuck fetish’ video

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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

Texas groups launch $1.1M initiative to donate equipment to first responders in 22 counties

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Each of the more than 150 kits to be donated contains a Jaws of Life tool, portable lighting, electronic road flares and more

Safe, effective and efficient stabilization for today’s MVC

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The Junkyard Dog (JYD) ZStrut Rescue Strut uses a uniquely-engineered deployment method that eliminates the need for pins altogether

US traffic deaths spike even as pandemic cuts miles traveled

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Some highway travel officials suggested that emptier roads led to more opportunities to abuse speed

'He's just another patient:' LA County FFs detail response to Tiger Woods crash

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Firefighters and EMS providers from the Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 106 described the extrication process and lessons learned

4 tools that can make search and recovery operations successful

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Technology plays a key role in successful search and recovery operations; here are four underwater search tools than can help rescue divers in a time of need