The Vancouver Fire Department has purchased an early holiday present in the form of new heavy extrication equipment for its technical rescue team. Paratech Hydrafusion Struts will allow the department ...

Frankfort, Ill. — Paratech, Inc., a leader in providing products to fire and rescue personnel around the world, today announced Rescue Guardian, the most advanced monitoring and alarm system for ...

Topic: Technician-level hands-on skills checklist Objective: Complete technician-level hands-on skills Task: The rescue team shall complete all skills that are on the technician-level checklists As I ...

Vehicle stabilization seems to be an afterthought during vehicle extrication. Some suggest that a vehicle doesn’t need stabilization unless the vehicle is unbalanced. Only then will the cribbing and ...

On Saturday several local fire departments gathered at station 71 in Cheyenne for a heavy vehicle extrication training. The goal of this training was for firefighters to learn how to communicate and ...