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8
Rescue 8
carries emergency medical life saving
equipment. It carries a defibrillator (used on heart attack
victims), back boards (provide immobilization), stokes basket (used for
difficult rescues where immobilization is of extreme importance but environment
is not conducive to a back board), a variety of other 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 also has a 12 foot extension ladder. It
is not an ambulance so it does not transport people to
the hospital. 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 has a crew of two. It is currently kept at
Company 8.
NEW EQUIPMENT ADDED
In the rear compartment of 8 Rescue 8 you can find the new
Air Shore Struts. Take a look at them when you are near
8 Rescue 8.