Instructors present challenging, difficult extrication scenarios requiring advanced skills to stabilize the vehicles, gain entry, and remove patients entrapped and entangled in the wreckage. There ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) released a request for information (RFI) seeking commercially ...

Topic: Comparison of Steel Tensile Strengths Objective: The rescue team will better understand advanced steel tensile strength ratings and how they relate to that of mild or high-strength steel. Task: ...

The first two days of this course are spent studying current and future airbag hazards, advanced steels, vehicle construction, alternatively fueled vehicles (including hybrids, fully electric, natural ...

Today’s vehicles are well equipped to try to keep drivers safe during a crash and include safety equipment like airbags and other technologies. Unfortunately, this can sometimes impede the progress of ...

The El Paso Fire Department has acquired new AMKUS Heavy Rescue tools to enhance their vehicle extrication capabilities and ...

LAMAR COUNTY, Miss. (WDAM) - Thousands of car accidents happen across the country everyday. Fifteen firefighters took a vehicle extrication class Thursday and Saturday to prepare for many drivers’ ...