Earlier this year, a vehicle accident along Southern California’s Highway 101 left a car dangling over a 100′ drop near Santa Barbara. Seeing this incident made me question both my physical ...
FARGO — Recruits for the West Fargo and Fargo Fire Departments are halfway done with joint academy training. On Wednesday, the six recruits took part in auto extrication training, where responders ...
Today we had an excellent “guest” instructor, Firefighter Joe Blank, from Saint Paul Fire’s Rescue Squad 2. Joe delivered a very informative lecture on various types of automobiles (conventional, ...
Firefighters from across the nation gathered in Corona on Sunday, April 8, to learn how to rescue victims from trapped automobiles. Crews used the Jaws of Life and other tools to cut through more than ...
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – A precarious pile up of vehicles, including a bus donated by Tahoe Transport, was staged by South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue at Welcome’s Auto Body and Towing to train fire ...
Noting that October is Fire Prevention Month, personnel at the Norwood Park Fire Department hosted an open house at the Harwood Heights station on Oct. 2. Attendance was steady on a sunny Sunday ...
Jelissa Suarez used a reciprocating saw to cut through the steel on an old Buick. The saw shook her and bounced a few times, but she made it through and her cuts helped others tear the roof off the ...
lewisburg — The loud crack of metal twisting, the sharp clink of glass shattering and the hydraulic buzz of rescue tools in action filled the air at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine’s ...
Palatine Rural Fire Protection District firefighters recently completed auto extrication training with two experts from Florida. Firefighter Aaron Gross and Captain Clint Roberts from Hillsborough ...
Firefighters from across the nation gathered in Corona on Sunday, April 8, to learn how to rescue victims from trapped automobiles. Crews used the Jaws of Life and other tools to cut through more than ...