FARGO — Recruits for the West Fargo and Fargo Fire Departments are halfway done with joint academy training. On Wednesday, the six recruits took part in auto extrication training, where responders ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – A precarious pile up of vehicles, including a bus donated by Tahoe Transport, was staged by South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue at Welcome’s Auto Body and Towing to train fire ...

Yes, it does indeed look like the freaky love-child of an Uzi and a Bowie knife, but the T3 Tactical Auto Rescue Tool is actually designed to save lives. It combines several implements that are aimed ...

Noting that October is Fire Prevention Month, personnel at the Norwood Park Fire Department hosted an open house at the Harwood Heights station on Oct. 2. Attendance was steady on a sunny Sunday ...

CORONA (CBSLA.com) — Firefighters from all over the nation converged in Corona on Saturday for an annual auto extrication seminar. They learned the in's and out's of rescuing victims trapped in ...

Palatine Rural Fire Protection District firefighters recently completed auto extrication training with two experts from Florida. Firefighter Aaron Gross and Captain Clint Roberts from Hillsborough ...

Earlier this year, a vehicle accident along Southern California’s Highway 101 left a car dangling over a 100′ drop near Santa Barbara. Seeing this incident made me question both my physical ...

Today we had an excellent “guest” instructor, Firefighter Joe Blank, from Saint Paul Fire’s Rescue Squad 2. Joe delivered a very informative lecture on various types of automobiles (conventional, ...

The alarm goes off, sending a shudder down the spines of first responders. An accident has happened. Frantically suiting up and jumping in the truck, the firefighters head out. Once there, they ...

Automobiles are getting safer and necessarily more complicated and challenging for firefighters and responders who are called to rescue people after crashes. Firehouse Expo attendees learned from ...