Heavy rescue apparatus arguably are the most difficult apparatus to design. This largely is because of all of the specialized equipment that’s required to carry out the duty of the company, which can ...

When contemplating new heavy rescue apparatus, one of the first design criteria is to determine the length of the rescue body, followed by the preferred body material of either aluminum or stainless ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WXIX) - When disasters strike, there are often threats of buildings collapsing. This week, specialists and instructors trained a wide variety of first responders to operate cranes, heavy ...

New heavy extrication equipment will have the Kandiyohi County Rescue Squad at the scene of incidents involving heavy vehicles such as semitractor-trailers and even trains. The Kandiyohi County Board ...

When the Liberty Fire Company (LFC) of New Holland, Pa., decided to spec out a new heavy-rescue vehicle, they had a daunting task ahead of them. They were not only replacing the vehicle ahead of ...

AMITY >> When a fire company in a small community lays out three-quarters-of-a-million dollars for a single piece of firefighting equipment, it better have good reasons for doing so. Amity Fire and ...

Sometimes when you are in the process of designing a new piece of fire apparatus for your department, a need may come out of the frustration of not having a specific type of vehicle in your inventory ...

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 ...

Geelong, the Surf Coast and Bellarine were left without professional heavy rescue capability for at least 48 hours this week ...

Getting the High Roller ready for the Strip was no simple feat. Besides preparing the wheel for riders, planners designed equipment and made preparations for the worst-case scenario — how to rescue ...