Vehicle Extrication

La. firefighter injured in apparatus crash

The St. Tammany District 7 crewmember sustained multiple fractures, was extricated from the overturned fire truck and airlifted to a medical center

Utah firefighter injured by blocking engine when pickup strikes it amid fog, ice

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Cache County Fire District members, state troopers and EMS providers were responding to three other crashes at the time

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5 hurt, including 2 Colo. firefighter-EMS providers, after Jeep smashes into ambulance

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The rig flipped onto its side, and one passenger in the Jeep had to be extricated

Off-duty N.Y. firefighter rescues driver from burning car

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Sans gear, Nicholas Perri Jr. "gained access to the well-involved vehicle and successfully removed the badly injured female driver," the Brookfield FD said

Photos: Crash traps two people in car dangling over rushing Calif. canal

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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

UPS driver spots car crashed in Ind. lake, rushes to help driver

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Monroe firefighters were forced to cut out the windshield and pull the driver onto a boat; EMS providers transported the patient to a hospital

6 dead in Neb. city's 'worst crash in recent memory'

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Lincoln Fire & Rescue extricated a woman from the crashed vehicle and transported her to a medical facility where she later died

Suspected DUI crash injures, traps 11 people, including 6 kids, in wreckage

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Seven fire trucks, six ambulances and a medical helicopter responded to the incident, and providers transported victims to four area medical centers

Audio files reveal Anne Heche was trapped in car for nearly an hour after crash

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Heavy fire and smoke caused confusion about who was injured, said LAFD Deputy Chief Richard Fields, who described the extrication and transport timing

Video: Texas FFs, bystanders pull driver through window seconds before sinkhole swallows car

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About 10 people gathered around the vehicle's bumper and worked together, according to the El Paso Fire Department

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

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

Off-duty Ga. firefighter helps free bus, car crash survivors

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"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

N.Y. FF responds to fatal crash that killed volunteer FF wife, FF widow

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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