First responders in Lancaster County enhance their life-saving skills through hands-on extrication training, mastering ...

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), the U.S. is home to the largest passenger vehicle market in the world, with more than 254 million registered passenger vehicles. So it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the first time, a team of Atlanta firefighters are taking part in a national competition on how fast they can extricate people ...

First responders in Lancaster County enhance their life-saving skills through hands-on extrication training, mastering challenges with new vehicle technology.

OBJECTIVE: Given a scenario involving a person trapped in a vehicle that has its battery located inside the passenger compartment, the rescue team will develop a plan for completing extrication work ...

The October 2013 edition of FireRescue’s In-Depth Extrication column discussed situations that call for the movement of the patient’s vehicle. Responders must be proactive when developing initial and ...

Topic: Dash roll or dash jacking evolution Objective: Given an acquired vehicle to work with, the rescue team will better and successfully complete each step of the F-I-A-T procedure for dash rolling ...

BOSSIER CITY, La. (KSLA) - The Bossier City Fire Department and other rescue teams in the area participated in an Advance Extrication & High Angle Rescue Class Thursday, Oct. 2. The demonstration ...

Longer entrapment in a vehicle is associated with higher mortality, but some patients are in far more danger than others. For traffic accidents that result in entrapment in a vehicle, a mnemonic may ...