A simulated crash involving a child taking a parent’s car for a joyride gave Frankfort firefighters a chance to practice vehicle extrication techniques during training at the firehouse on May 26.

Michael Daley provides firefighters who respond for a vehicle rescue that’s in a location that’s constrained by moving ...

Jake Hoffman's tips for fire departments for working with towing companies on the rescue scene helps to remove hindrances that would complicate or delay victim removal. It behooves fire departments to ...

Nearly a month before the Walker Fire Department (WFD) gets to 24-hour staffing, all full-time firefighters are undergoing extensive training on vehicle rescue. The crew is training this week inside ...

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 ...

Thursday’s scenario involved extricating a patient from a vehicle. Before the young women took their shot in the exercise, ...

Fire engines and fire trucks often get lumped together in everyday conversation, yet on the fireground they serve very ...

Rarely called into action, the Waukegan Fire Department’s largest truck — the airport rescue vehicle — is always ready and fully loaded, with 3,000 gallons of water, 420 gallons of foam and 500 ...

This morning was an important unveiling, years in the making, at Fire Station #1 in South Bend.  There was quite a crowd this morning for the official unveiling of the new Rescue One fire truck. Even ...