Extraction by the pros

Published 6:01 pm Thursday, April 6, 2017

Firefighters from Pinetown Volunteer Fire Department, Bunyan Volunteer Fire Department, Washington Fire-Rescue-EMS, Sidney Volunteer Fire Department, Gates County Rescue, Mid-County Fire Department and Old Ford Volunteer Fire Department met April 2-3 at Pinetown Fire Department to hone their skills lifting heavy vehicles off other vehicles or to get people out from under the vehicle. The course was taught by David Pease and Jason Jordan of the REDS Team out of Garner. Part of the course centered on how to make proper cuts and which tools would work better to make cuts faster. Beaufort County Community College put on the course, Beaufort County Schools donated a school bus for use, Thomas Biggs Trucking provided a truck and LJ’s body shop donated a car for firefighters’ practice.