technical rescue

Featured Video – Auto Vs Fire Truck With Technical Rescue in Long Beach

June 4, 2008

Spotting your apparatus between yourself and oncoming traffic at accident scenes is critical for Firefighter / Rescuer safety. This video emphasizes firefighter safety training and fire apparatus spotting: Long Beach, CA FFs responding to a traffic accident are themselves struck by a suspected drunk driver at a busy intersection. While rescuers are transporting patients in [...]

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S.B. County FireFighters Tackle Building Collapse – Fontana, CA

February 1, 2008

Submitted by McSwift99 Two of the San Bernardino County Fire Department’s Heavy Technical Rescue Units based in Fontana were called in to free a woman trapped in debris from the collapse of a business building’s second story on Tuesday, January 29, 2008. A contractor and another employee also received minor injuries in the incident. Nearly [...]

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