Vehicle Extrication

The Firehouse.com Vehicle Extrication product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching vehicle extrication and rescue tool opions, including hydraulic and electric cutters, spreaders, combination tools, struts, airbags and lifting tools, extrication blankets and gloves and vehicle extraction options.
Palm Beach State College
Training Drills

PBSC to Host South Florida’s Biggest First Responder Competition

April 24, 2024
The Palm Beach State College Invitational brings together 50 teams of 400 professional firefighters and paramedics from Tallahassee to Miami and Canada to see who can best solve...
Vehicle Extrication

Driver of Truck Hanging from Dallas Overpass Rescued by Firefighters

Dec. 5, 2023
Dallas firefighters used two ladder trucks to rescue the driver of a box truck that was hanging from an interstate overpass following a crash.
Seattle Police Department
Vehicle Extrication

Bus Hits Seattle Building Leaving One Dead, Several Injured

Nov. 5, 2023
A woman who was outside the Seattle building was fatally struck by the King County Metro Bus that collided with another car.
Vehicle Extrication

Highway Grant Provides CA FD's with New Extrication Equipment

Nov. 5, 2023
Cosumnes firefighters will get a $104,000 grant to buy battery-powered extrication tools.
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PPE

Your Perfect Set of Alternative PPE

Oct. 16, 2023
Patrick Redd explains what fire departments must consider when they contemplate the purchase of turnout gear for responses other than fires.
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Operations & Training

Hot Shots 9/23

Oct. 16, 2023
New Bedford, MA, Fire Department firefighters responded for a building fire with fire showing and people trapped.