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• Texas firefighters reunite with victim after life-saving actions

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  The firefighters deployed two tourniquets to stop the bleeding, while at the same time working to free the victim from his vehicle

• NM mayor's plan would charge for emergency costs

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  Fees would range from $400 for hazard mitigation and cleanup to $1,305 for use of "heavy rescue tools and other equipment"

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  'This is for us and our families': Iowa chief vows to protect firefighters from cancer

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  A small-town volunteer fire department makes changes to reduce exposure to carcinogens after losing one of its founders to cancer

• 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

• Va. first responders can now deliver blood to trauma patients in the field

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  FACT*R provides supplies and training to first responders so they can administer blood transfusions in the field

• 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

• 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

• Mich. firefighters extract woman from crash outside fire station

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  Three Superior Township firefighters were in their station when they heard a crash outside

• Training Day: Vehicle stabilization

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  By utilizing a few simple steps when dealing with MVCs, crews can ensure they are dealing with a stable vehicle to better protect themselves and their patient

• 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

• Firefighters help rescue woman from burning car

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  Janet Heggeman lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a tree, causing the car to set on fire

• Off-duty firefighter rescues woman from overturned car

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  Firefighter Jeff Beach used his belt as a tourniquet to stop the woman's bleeding

• NY firefighters, police save man from burning vehicle

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  New York firefighters and police made close save after a man became trapped in a vehicle that crashed and caught fire.

• Driver safely exits SUV dangling from Texas parking garage

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  Authorities say the safety wire became tangled in a wheel, preventing the SUV from falling several stories to the ground

• How driver data affects fire departments

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  Fire departments should pay attention to new driver-behavior data as it may alter response levels

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