Posts Tagged ‘ extrication ’

Greater Manchester | Kitten cut free from safe in Farnworth

May 20, 2012
Greater Manchester | Kitten cut free from safe in Farnworth

Farnworth | 20 May 2012 A young couple whose kitten was trapped inside a safe have thanked firefighters for cutting her free. Nikita Marsh and Ashley Jevons turned up at Farnworth Fire Station at 9pm on Monday, May 14, with six-week-old Misty locked inside the safe. The safe was securely locked with Misty inside...

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Scotland | Four people seriously injured in RTC in Argyll

May 20, 2012
Scotland | Four people seriously injured in RTC in Argyll

A83 near Furnace | 18 May 2012 Firefighters rescued a woman last night, following a “serious” road traffic collision in Argyll, which saw four people taken to hospital. At around 7.00pm, crews from Lochgilphead, Inverary and Minard were called to the incident, which happened on the A83 near Furnace and involved two cars. Firefighters...

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Queensland | Emergency services busy with challenging incidents

May 17, 2012

16/05/2012 2:47:05 PM Bundamba – fall at construction site Emergency services are currently at the scene of a construction site at Ashburn Road, Bundamba where it is believed a man has fallen approximately four floors and landed on scaffolding. Paramedics are currently on scene treating the patient, who is believed to be in a...

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Staffordshire | Motorists warned to take extra care after series of RTCs in wet weather

May 15, 2012

Staffordshire | 15 May 2012 Drivers are being warned to take extra care on the roads in the wet weather following three road traffic collisions in just over one hour this morning. The first call was received at 6.17am reporting a collision on the M6 southbound carriageway between junction 13 and 14. Fire and...

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New South Wales | 17-year-old girl seriously injured in RTC with entrapment in Inverell

May 15, 2012

Roscrae Lane, Fernhill Road, Invernell | 15 May 2012 Police are investigating a crash in the state’s north which seriously injured a teenage girl. About 8.25am (Tuesday 15 May 2012), a brown Kia Rio collided with a Mitsubishi Canter truck at the intersection of Roscrae Lane and Fernhill Road, Inverell.  The 17-year-old girl driving...

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New South Wales | One man killed, another critically injured in rollover RTC with entrapment south of Mudgee

May 13, 2012

Castlereagh Highway at Running Stream | 13 May 2012 A man has died and another has been critically injured in a rollover RTC with entrapment south of Mudgee this morning. About 9:45am, Sunday 13 May 2012, a refrigerated truck was travelling south on the Castlereagh Highway at Running Stream when it failed to negotiate...

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Victoria | Three people injured, one of them seriously, in school bus v tanker RTC with entrapment

May 10, 2012

Ryan and Finlay Roads, St Germains, near Kyabram | 10 May 2012 Three people have been injured after a school bus and fuel tanker collided near Kyabram this afternoon. The collision happened at the intersection of Ryan and Finlay roads, St Germains, about 4.40pm. An eight-year-old girl has been airlifted to the Royal Children’s...

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Los Angeles | Seven people injured, five critically in high-impact rollover RTC with entrapment on Harbor Freeway

May 6, 2012

Northbound Harbor Freeway (SR-110) | 6 May 2010 A single-vehicle high-impact rollover RTC with entrapment brought pre-dawn traffic to a standstill on the northbound Harbor (SR-110) Freeway in the Harbor Gateway area of Los Angeles early Sunday morning, as Fire Department crews treated seven patients, five of them with critical injuries. Summoned by California...

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Manchester | Off-duty firefighter goes to aid of women trapped in car

May 6, 2012
Manchester | Off-duty firefighter goes to aid of women trapped in car

Stockport Road, Levenshulme | 6 May 2012 Firefighter Joe Dowling proved that GMFRS’ people are never really off-duty when he spotted a collision as he drove to work this week and immediately went to the aid of two young women trapped in a car. The White Watch crew member from Gorton was on his...

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Merseyside | Four people injured in RTC with entrapment involving bus in Liverpool

May 6, 2012

Queens Square bus station | 6 May 2012 Firefighters were called out after a bus collided with a bus stop in Liverpool. Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service was called out to the crash at Queens Square bus station, just before 11.50am on Friday, 4 May 2012. Firefighters helped the Hazard Area Response Team to...

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