The photos below of Rescue 1 were taken by the Gastonia Fire Department of the rig in service. You can also see this rescue at FDIC...
School bus extrication is different from vehicle extrication. Three unique differences are
Questions about heavy rescue that involves tractor trailers and other heavy vehicles? Download the Big Rig Rescue handout from Billy Leach's Firehouse Expo class below.
Here is a quick look at a blacked out Heavy Rescue, Rescue 6 out of Garden City, New York.
The City of Orange in California has a unique tiller in their fleet. It is a 2001 Seagrave that originally put into service as Squad 6...
Engine Rescue 121 of the Plain Township Fire Deparement in New Albany Ohio is a 2010 Sutphen Monarch engine with rescue body, 20kw hydraulic generator and...
Here's a unique tool to make an anchor point on a wheel of a large truck. Wheel Bones made by
Tim Vandermeer put a great Come-A-Long Tool Basics video onto YouTube.
Andrew Brassard built the "Rat Maze" for the Milton Fire Department. We featured one Goshen Township Fire & EMS built in the Lifting Maze – DIY...
The City of Orange Fire Department made quick work of lifting a vehicle to free a trapped motorcyclist.
Heavy Vehicle Extrication is often personnel and equipment intensive. A great example, rescue companies from Lower Macungie Fire Department, Goodwill Fire Company No.1 of Trexlertown, PA-Station...
With summertime in full swing in the northern hemisphere, motorhomes are hitting the highways and pose an unique situation when those vehicles are involved in an...