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• What firefighters need to know about electric car batteries

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  Understanding how they are made and what happens when they fail will keep firefighters safer at electric-powered car fires

• Man reunites with rescuers after bus crash left him paralyzed

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  Doug Haney read a thank you letter to the fire-rescue and medical flight crews that saved him after the four-vehicle crash

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• 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

• Firefighters use engine to pull apart wrecked car, extricate driver in crash

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  The driver of the car was pinned after the head-on crash and could not be freed with conventional methods

• NASCAR outlines rapid response to Daytona 500 crash

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  Firefighters were on the scene within 19 seconds and paramedics were in the car to help injured driver Ryan Newman within 35 seconds

• 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

• Driver who suffered heart attack reunites with first responders who saved her

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  Deputy Chief Bucky Buchanan said he appreciated witnessing the "chain of survival ... come to life”

• Fla. crews transport 6 people from fiery multi-vehicle crash that left 1 dead

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  A tractor-trailer and several other vehicles were involved in the crash, which shut down part of Interstate 75 near Tampa

• 3 NJ firefighters hurt after tractor-trailer hits fire truck

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  The fire truck was responding to a call at the time of the crash; one firefighter had to be cut out of the truck

• 1 dead, 8 children injured in Miss. school bus crash

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  Authorities believe the bus driver suffered a medical emergency before the bus crashed and ended up on its side in a ditch

• 3 Texas firefighters injured in fire apparatus rollover crash

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  Two firefighters were rescued by civilians but a third suffered critical injuries from being stuck under the apparatus

• 17 hospitalized in NC multi-passenger van crash

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  Officials say one victim was found trapped inside the van and responders used hydraulic rescue cutters and saws to remove them

• Pa. ambulance involved in 3-vehicle crash

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  One of the vehicles received damage on both sides and fire crews had to pry open the driver and passenger side doors to free the three occupants

• Drone interrupts first responders during crash scene where medical helicopter was called

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  During the Flight for Life transport, with one helicopter on the ground and another approaching, first responders noticed a drone flying above them

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