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    • Structural Collapse

    The Firehouse.com Structural Collapse product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various structural collapse rescue tools and equipment, shoring, rakers, struts, breaching and breaking tools, airbags and lifting equipment options.
    Photos by Robert Policht
    Rescue

    Technical Rescue: Collapse Operations for Smaller Departments

    Robert Policht
    April 12, 2024
    Robert Policht provides the steps that smaller departments should take to develop basic shoring capabilities.
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    LODDS

    Two Firefighters, Occupant Killed in Havana, Cuba, Collapse

    Oct. 5, 2023
    A partial building collapse hours after major rainfall in Havana's old town has left three firefighters dead.
    Photos by Jake Hoffman
    Never stack more than two airbags unless the manufacturer of the airbags specifically allows it. If using different size airbags, always place the smaller airbag on top of the larger one.
    Technical Rescue

    Technical Rescue: Air Lifting Bag Tips and Tricks

    Jake Hoffman
    Sept. 11, 2023
    From the keys to conducting a lift with multiple air lifting bags, to making weight determinations, to everything in between, Jake Hoffman provides the information about using...
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    The car veered off the road, crossed a pasture field, hit an embankment and went airborne, landing on the porch roof of a Decatur Township home.
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    Photos: Car Crashes into Second Floor of PA House

    Aug. 8, 2023
    The driver is suspected of being under the influence of marijuana when the car crashed into a Decatur Twp. home after they drove through a pasture.
    Firefighters at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash that involved an MTA bus and two other cars in Baltimore Saturday.
    Structural Collapse

    Bus Hits Cars, Slams into Baltimore Building

    June 18, 2023
    The crash between a Baltimore MTA bus, several cars and an apartment building sent seventeen people to the hospital with various injuries.
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    Structural Collapse

    FFs Rescue Six from Collapse of CT Building Under Construction

    June 3, 2023
    Officials said workers were not able to keep up with concrete being poured on the New Haven apartment building, leading to the collapse.