Topic: Aluminum alloy in Ford F-Series pickups Objective: Familiarization with aluminum alloy during extrication work Task: The rescue team shall develop techniques for completing vehicle-rescue tasks ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) released a request for information (RFI) seeking commercially ...

Captains Eric Hughes and Jake Blanchard of the St. Amant Volunteer Fire Department recently conducted a four-hour vehicle-rescue extrication course for 30 St. Amant volunteer firefighters. Extrication ...

Hollywood Volunteer Fire Department crews responded to a motor vehicle accident with entrapment late on Christmas night, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ron Moore discusses responder safety and fire/rescue concerns regarding current or proposed autonomous vehicles. Objective: Increase awareness of design, features and operation of current or proposed ...

LE MARS, Iowa (KTIV) - Area fire departments underwent intensive heavy vehicle extrication training Oct. 11 and 12, learning critical skills to rescue individuals trapped in vehicles. The 14-hour ...

On Saturday several local fire departments gathered at station 71 in Cheyenne for a heavy vehicle extrication training. The goal of this training was for firefighters to learn how to communicate and ...

Emergency responders freed a trapped driver from an overturned vehicle that left the roadway and ended up in a ditch. The ...

The Robinson Volunteer Fire Department responded to a major motor vehicle accident on Interstate 35 just before 4:30pm ...

One person was taken to hospital with minor injuries after being extricated from a vehicle that was involved in a two vehicle ...