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

The Oregon Department of Emergency Management's SPIRE program is boosting emergency response efforts in Jacksonville.

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 ...

The art and science of extrication have improved to unprecedented levels due to technological improvements in equipment and the constant honing of skills on the part of extrication professionals.

Upland, CA, July 30, 2009 - Champion Rescue Tools, the leader in next-generation, hydraulic rescue tools able to quickly cut apart the safest, 5-star crash-rated vehicles, and Volvo Cars of North ...

Shelby, NC–Continuing in its tradition of firsts, HURST Jaws of Life® has launched the industry’s first watertight battery-powered extrication tool line, the HURST Jaws of Life eDRAULIC® EWXT. The ...

The Tulsa Fire Department has some new and improved equipment that could help save lives even faster than before. Ladder 22 now has extrication tools that are typically used to rescue people trapped ...

When the Jaws of Life don’t work and a man is dying, a little ingenuity and a big engine could prove to be the best combination. West Springfield and Westfield firefighters pulled a crashed vehicle ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) -- They're tools that can help save your life if you're trapped in a bad car crash. But how much do you know about these extrication tools, often referred to as the ...

When Waterford Regional Fire officials took possession of new extrication tools on Nov. 6, the 26 “Jaws of Life” tools didn’t stay on a shelf long. “We used them twice within the first 48 hours,” said ...

Logan Township United Fire Department firefighters, Zach Bennett (from left) with a cutter, Anna Boyles with a ram and Garrett Winrick with a jaws of life, hold extrication equipment purchased ...