When you pick your next item off of the store shelf, odds are particularly good that it got there by a commercial vehicle. Some 3 million interstate commercial vehicles typically travel across the ...

Today’s vehicles are well equipped to try to keep drivers safe during a crash and include safety equipment like airbags and other technologies. Unfortunately, this can sometimes impede the progress of ...

Topic: Electric vehicle (EV) identification and rescue/extrication challenges Objective: Revise EV extrication protocols to address EV challenges Task: The rescue team shall revise its scene size-up ...

BLOUNTS CREEK — Blounts Creek volunteer firefighters spent Monday night training on vehicle extrication.The training happened ...

There are hundreds of variations of wheelchair-accessible vehicles and other special needs alterations. Some of these vehicles are pre-manufactured, have endured crash tests and include special ...

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 ...

VICENZA, Italy - Motor vehicle accidents are one of the common emergency incidents to which fire departments respond. To improve the skills and techniques required to safely and efficiently extricate ...

Capt. Cody Edlin was conducting vehicle extrication training at Circle Auto Recycling when a customer began choking in the ...

FORREST COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - When seconds matter, Forrest County volunteer firefighters are preparing for the calls that can mean the difference between life and death. Crews from the Macedonia and ...

LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Thousands of car accidents happen across the country everyday. Fifteen firefighters took a vehicle extrication class Thursday and Saturday to prepare for many drivers’ ...

The Northwest Fire District is getting new vehicle extrication tools thanks to grant money. According to a press release from the agency, the $31,900 grant from the Arizona Governor's Office of ...

Seniors in Careerline Tech Center’s EMS program get a closer look at how to stabilize vehicles, free trapped patients and ...