Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Wednesday morning, recruits from the Astoria Fire Department got to work pulling apart a battered police vehicle that had been ...

I was recently making a presentation to a group of city and fire department administrators about some of our rescue capabilities, including auto extrication. As we discussed the cost of rescue tools ...

Jun. 8—Robeson Community College in partnership with Lumberton Rescue and EMS Inc. presents Extrication 2022. Extrication 2022 promises to be one of the closest to real life reenactment simulations ...

When first responders arrive at a crash, the difference between life and death can come down to a matter of minutes. Crews in Lancaster County learned to handle some of the newest challenges on the ...

For workers at heights, the risk of accident and injury from falls is a constant reality. Falls consistently rank among the top four causes of workplace deaths. Being prepared to respond to worst-case ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Multiple fire departments took part in extrication training near the South Point Fire Department on Oct. 25. (Heath Harrison — The ...

Ben Green, special operations program coordinator with the Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute, shows off a hydraulic rescue tool called the "Jaws of Life." The Kansas Fire & Rescue Training ...

Technical rescue training is paramount to performing successful technical rescue operations. That sounds overly simplistic and generic, as it applies to everything we do in public safety. But it’s not ...

I am not going to pretend to write an article on vehicle extrication based on my vast knowledge: it would be a very short article. I am not going to "reinvent wheel;" Ron Moore has this subject ...

Having completed a stabilization scenario that found the side of the vehicle “obstructed,” members of a rescue team carry out other technician-level tasks that are included in “Technician-Level ...

The Massachusetts Firefighting Academy gave a look at what it takes to train firefighters and paramedics for some of the most ...