Vehicle Extrication
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A Spokane Valley fire truck had been stopped at an MVA when it was struck by a vehicle
Paramedics faced a complex rescue on a popular trail near Cajon Pass
Darien firefighters replace a 20-year-ol gas powered system with Homatro Pentheon tools
A pile-up on the Missouri River Bridge involved a cattle carrier with 57 head of cattle
Escambia County Battalion Chief Curt Isakson said people get in dumpsters “to protect themselves from others”
Firefighters rigged ropes to raise the severely injured man 150-feet from where he was trapped
Oklahoma City firefighters used an aerial ladder to reach the pair inside
One patient had to be extricated from beneath a vehicle; both were transported to a medical center
The St. Tammany District 7 crewmember sustained multiple fractures, was extricated from the overturned fire truck and airlifted to a medical center
Cache County Fire District members, state troopers and EMS providers were responding to three other crashes at the time
The rig flipped onto its side, and one passenger in the Jeep had to be extricated
Sans gear, Nicholas Perri Jr. “gained access to the well-involved vehicle and successfully removed the badly injured female driver,” the Brookfield FD said
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
Monroe firefighters were forced to cut out the windshield and pull the driver onto a boat; EMS providers transported the patient to a hospital
Lincoln Fire & Rescue extricated a woman from the crashed vehicle and transported her to a medical facility where she later died
Seven fire trucks, six ambulances and a medical helicopter responded to the incident, and providers transported victims to four area medical centers
Heavy fire and smoke caused confusion about who was injured, said LAFD Deputy Chief Richard Fields, who described the extrication and transport timing
About 10 people gathered around the vehicle’s bumper and worked together, according to the El Paso Fire Department
Footage released by the Boise Fire Department showed firefighters freeing the man by cutting off the roof of the vehicle
“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
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
Firefighter Ryan Warnock was helping to stabilize the vehicle for extrication when one of the occupants hit the gas, causing the car to shift
A technical rescue team, Stamford police and Stamford EMS responded, treated and transported her
Lifeguards also extricated two women from the crashed vehicle; one woman was transported to a hospital as firefighters worked to remove the car
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A man was trapped in an overturned tractor-trailer carrying raw chicken
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Michael Freeland “always placed the needs of others above himself,” said Jacksonville Fire Chief Keith Powers. “He had a servant’s heart”
Jacksonville Engineer Michael Freeland’s family said he was a “proud firefighter and loved saving lives”
Mehdi Mourad, 21, was responding in his personal vehicle when he lost control of his vehicle and rear-ended an SUV stopped on the side of the road
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