During a training class several weeks ago, my shift had the opportunity to cut up a small car. We used a combination tool with a truck-mounted hydraulic pump unit and hose reel, and located our pressure manifold near the vehicle. We began by removing the roof, cutting the A, B … [Read more...]

Courier & Press Western KentuckyAugust 17, 2004 ANTON, Ky. - An Anton Volunteer Fire Department member and his family were injured when a fire department tanker truck they were driving overturned. Anton Fire Chief Robert Newman said the wreck occurred about 5:45 p.m. Sunday on … [Read more...]

"Anything that could go wrong this time... did" BY SPENCER SCHEIN, SVN NEWS REPORTERJune 22, 2004STERLING, IL Three firefighters were injured while at the scene of a gasoline fueled garage fire Monday afternoon. Children playing with smoke bombs are said to have caused the fire, … [Read more...]

Fire engine rolls onto left side while exiting U.S. 95 at Rainbow Boulevard offrampBrooke E. Ross, Review-JournalSunday, November 02, 2003Four Las Vegas firefighters were injured Friday night when their fire engine rolled over on the U.S. Highway 95 Rainbow Boulevard offramp, … [Read more...]

Aug 19, 2004NEW BERLIN, IL - Six members of Loami's volunteer fire department were injured, one critically, late Tuesday after an allegedly drunken driver slammed into a van parked at a fire scene just west of New Berlin.The driver, Patrick J. Heinen, 35,of Alexander, was charged … [Read more...]

Recently, Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire did a survey of inflation pressure on the dual tire assemblies of emergency medical service vehicles. Here's what they found that about 39 percent of the tires couldnt be checked at all, because valve stems were inaccessible! … [Read more...]