8 Rescue 8
8 Rescue 8 carries emergency medical life saving
equipment. It carries a defibrillator (used on heart attack
victims), back boards (provide immobilization), a variety of extrication
tools such as: an air hammer/chisel and Jaws of Life (used in motor vehicle accidents to free victims), and other life saving tools. It
is not an ambulance so it does not transport people to
the hospital. It has a cascade system of air tanks to refill SCBA during fires.
Beside the driver and passenger in the front, three firefighters can ride in the rear compartment. All of our rescue
vehicles are set up so that the compartments on the drivers side of the vehicle
have devices for medical services and the passenger side have mechanical
devices. It is housed at Company 8.(pictures
are prior to number decal change)
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