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Chinese firefighters used a rescue combination tool usually used to cut roof posts and door hinges in automobiles to cut off toy handcuffs from boy’s foot. After a bolt cutter failed to generate enough force to cut through handcuffs, firefighters in South China used a Hurst combination tool to cut through through handcuffs. www.jawsoflife.com Stay […]

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A video of a firefighter jumping out of the window of a burning second-floor apartment in Jianli county, Hubei Province just as flames ignited on his protective clothing. In a cellphone video at the scene of an apartment fire, a firefighter is seen standing inside a window attempting to arrange a rescue line that he […]

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A rear-end crash caused a vehicle to explode, killing the driver and causing a leak of hazardous liquid. Stay informed with news from PublicSafetyReporter.com’s Emergencies Behind the Scenes Facebook page — Facebook.com/CardinalEmergencies. Includes links to favorite public safety and emergency rescuers and product manufacturers and safety companies that have facebook pages. Submit your pictures or […]

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Six people were hospitalized and hundreds of firefighters deployed to fight a hydrocarbon fire after an explosion at a southern China plant that produces paraxylene, a toxic chemical. It was the second explosion to hit the factory in 20 months. Para-Xylene or p-Xylene is an aromatic hydrocarbon based on benzene with two methyl substituents on […]

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