Collapse operations seems to be a taboo topic at many fire and rescue departments. When the matter is discussed, many times, the conversation entails several issues, including training, funding, ...

The Vancouver Fire Department has purchased an early holiday present in the form of new heavy extrication equipment for its technical rescue team. Paratech Hydrafusion Struts will allow the department ...

WHITEHOUSE STATION -- Whitehouse Fire Company and Whitehouse Rescue Squad held a joint extrication drill by simulating a car crash Tuesday night. Crews utilized Paratech struts, auto cribs, step ...

The driver of a vehicle suffered minor injuries early Monday morning after it rolled over on its side at an Interstate 80 on-ramp at Red Top Road in Fairfield, requiring firefighters to stabilize the ...

THE JACK DANIEL’S FIRE BRIGADE in Lynchburg, TN, has taken delivery of a Pierce Velocity pumper. The industrial-strength apparatus, the size of a typical aerial vehicle, is custom-built to meet the ...

Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department, Chattanooga firefighters and the CFD’s Special Operations Division worked an extrication Saturday night at mile marker 9.4 on Interstate 75 Southbound between ...

SVIweb – When spec’ing its new Heavy Rescue unit, the White Plains, NY Fire Department chose a Spartan Gladiator EMFD, powered by a Cummins X15 505 HP engine. This Heavy Rescue truck features a 25,000 ...