Objective: Understand how run-flat tires, low-profile tires and new thick metal-valve stems can influence our tire-deflation techniques Task: The rescue team shall demonstrate various methods to ...

Objective: Adapt and update the task of vehicle stabilization to address the presence of tire-pressure monitoring systems or run-flat tires. Task: The rescue team shall simulate tire-pressure ...

In past Quick Drills, I’ve given you some tips to make vehicle extrication operations go smoother. Our response to motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) has changed so much in the past 25 or 30 years that it’s ...

VICENZA, Italy - Motor vehicle accidents are one of the common emergency incidents to which fire departments respond. To improve the skills and techniques required to safely and efficiently extricate ...