Welcome to In-Depth Extrication! This column will cover very specific extrication-related topics that allow for an “in-depth” analysis. Each month, I plan to completely deconstruct a topic, and then ...

SAN DIEGO — San Marcos and Escondido firefighters participated in an extrication training course on Saturday. Since electric vehicles pose new risks and challenges compared to gas-powered vehicles, ...

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 ...

The New Orleans, LA, Fire Department has been building an in-house vehicle extrication technician course for the better part of the past decade. Along the way, we have picked up a few hard-earned ...

Your department’s tech rescue program needs to train additional rope rescue technicians. Where do you start? An out-of-town open enrollment class? Maybe bring an outside instructor to your department?

KINSTON, Lenoir County — Firefighters from across Lenoir County gathered Saturday to participate in a countywide mutual aid training exercise focused on vehicle ...

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 ...

About a dozen members of Clarksville Fire Rescue did training exercises at Queen City Metals, Inc. Wednesday. Teams took turns dismantling vehicles with heavy-duty cutters and spreaders, extrication ...

Zachary firefighters receive daily training on a number of firefighting methods and topics. On Aug. 8, firefighters on duty at the Zachary Fire Department trained in extrication, the removal of ...

(Caption info) Northwest Fire/Rescue District's academy recruits practice extrication from a car on Wednesday. The class is part of a 14-week training course that covers all manner of fire service.

Every vehicle collision is different, said Matt Carlson, and a Saturday training in Mapleton helped first responders prepare for when vehicle extractions are needed. Carlson, an instructor with ...