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• 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

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  Demystifying big data: 3 smart ways fire chiefs can improve data analytics on the fireground

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  Fire service leaders can use these easy strategies to make the most of the information at hand

• 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

• Mercedes-Benz app gives firefighters 3-D view of cars

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  New augmented reality app shows “x-ray” of fuel lines and cables on live vehicles

• Fire chief: Language barrier problem in crash that killed 6

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  Fifteen-passenger vans, like the one in this fatal wreck, are three times more likely to roll when carrying more than 10 people

• Tenn. firefighters save driver from car suspended 30 feet

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  The vehicle was caught in a tree after missing a turn and veering into an embankment

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